Deadly artillery shelling hits the Omdurman market in Sudan, 56 killed | News
The Ministry of Health announced that at least 158 people were also wounded in Saturday’s attack for which he was guilty of RSF.
At least 56 people were killed in Sudan after artillery shelling and air attacks on the vegetable market in Omdurman.
The Ministry of Health announced that at least 158 people were also wounded in Saturday’s attack for which it was blamed with paramilitary forces for rapid support (RSF).
Khalid Al-Aleisir, Minister of Culture and Government spokesman, condemned the attack by saying that the victims included many women and children. He said the attack caused widespread destruction.
“This criminal act adds to the bloody record of this militia,” he said in a statement. “This is a sharp violation of international humanitarian law.”
Witnesses said artillery shelling came from western Omdurman, where the RSF remains in control and are supported by drones.
One resident of South in Omdurman told the AFP newspaper agency that RSF shot several streets at once, adding that “rockets and artillery shells fall.”
“The shells have fallen in the middle of the vegetable market, which is why there are so many victims and wounded,” one survivor added.
The staff at the nearby al-Nao hospital said they had flooded the number of casualties and were still “still brought to the hospital”. The hospital volunteer said they needed “wrap, blood donors and wore to transport the wounded.”
In a separate incident in Khartoum, two civilians were killed and dozens were wounded in air attacks on the RSF control area, and AFP quoted the local emergency room (ERR).
Err is one of hundreds of volunteer committees across Sudan who coordinates urgent care.
The war between the Sudanese army and the RSF broke out In April 2023. Due to the integration of two forces. He killed tens of thousands of people, took millions from his homes and transferred half of the population to famine.
The attack on Saturday comes the day after the RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan has been obliged to reconcile the capital from the army.
“We expelled them [from Khartoum] Previously, we will throw them out again, “he said to the trunk in a rare video.
Sudanese army re -examine Several bases in Khartouum last month, including its pre -war seat, increasingly pushing RSF in the city periphery.
Sudanese The capital turned into a shell of its former self, and tens of thousands were killed throughout the country for violence.
The whole neighborhood was emptied and taken over by fighters, and at least 3.6 million people fled in the capital, according to the United Nations.
It is estimated that at least 106,000 people suffer from hunger in Khartoum, according to the classification of the food -integrated food security phase, with an additional 3.2 million experiences of hunger crisis levels.