A market attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan’s Omdurman has resulted in at least 54 fatalities and 158 injuries, according to health officials. The attack, the latest in a series of violent incidents amidst Sudan’s civil war, sparked widespread condemnation. The RSF has been blamed for numerous atrocities during the conflict, including ethnic killings and rape.
An attack on an open market in the Sudan ese city of Omdurman by a paramilitary group killed 54 people and wounded at least 158, health authorities said Saturday. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the Sabrein Market was the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the escalated civil war that has wrecked the northeastern African country. Khalid al-Aleisir, minister of culture and government spokesperson, condemned the attack, saying that the casualties 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. “It constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.” Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate said one mortar shell hit meters (yards) away from Al-Naw Hospital, which received most of the market casualties. It said most of the bodies were of women and children, adding that the hospital has a significant shortage of medical teams, especially surgeons and nurses. A video posted on social media by correspondent Nezar Bogdawi from Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV showed multiple body bags numbered and placed next to each other outside the hospital. The wounded being treated, some on the hospital floor, included a man with a chest wound, another with a leg injury, and a man with a head wound. The attack comes amid a brutal civil war that has ravaged Sudan for months. In June, the RSF launched a military coup against the Sudanese military, plunging the country into chaos. The conflict has killed more than 28,000 people, has forced millions to flee their homes and has left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country. It has been marked by gross atrocities including ethnically motivated killing and rape, according the United Nations and rights groups.In recent months the RSF has suffered multiple battlefield blows, giving the military the upper hand in the war. It has lost control of many areas in Khartoum, the capital’s sister city of Omdurman, and the eastern and central provinces.
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