US EditionParamilitary Drone Strike Kills at Least 75 at Sudan Mosque
- Early Friday, in the heavily besieged city of El Fasher, North Darfur's capital, a Sudanese paramilitary force is reported to have killed 43 civilians who were engaged in prayer inside a mosque, according to a local medical organization.
- The fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces escalated into a civil war since April 2023, leading to widespread violence and displacement.
- Over the past week, El Fasher experienced a series of attacks, including RSF drone strikes and heavy artillery targeting civilians and residential areas.
- The Sudan Doctors Network condemned the RSF drone strike as a horrific attack on unarmed civilians, highlighting the group’s clear violation of humanitarian principles and respect for religious practices.
- The conflict, which intensified in April 2023, has resulted in the deaths of over 40,000 individuals and forced up to 12 million people to flee, with El Fasher continuing to serve as the military’s final stronghold in Darfur.
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A drone strike on a mosque near the town of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region is believed to have killed 78 people on Friday. The paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces is blamed, but has not claimed responsibility.
Drone attack on mosque by Sudanese paramilitary group kills at least 70
A drone attack blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces struck a mosque during prayers yesterday, killing at least 70 worshippers in the North Darfur region, aid workers and the Sudanese army said.
75 killed in attack on mosque in key Darfur city
PORT SUDAN: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 75 people in a drone strike on a mosque on Friday as they pressed their assault on the Darfur city of El-Fasher. El-Fasher is the last major city in the vast western region still under regular army control and the RSF has laid siege to it since May last year. The drone strike struck worshippers in the city’’ Al Daraja neighbourhood, where fleeing residents of the city’s famine-h…
Sudan’s RSF kills 75 in assault on key Darfur city: rescuers
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 75 people in a drone strike on a mosque on Friday as they pressed their assault on the Darfur city of El-Fasher, rescuers said. El-Fasher is the last major city in the vast western region still under regular army control and the RSF has laid siege to it since May last year. The drone strike struck worshippers in the city's Al-Daraja neighbourhood, where fleeing residents of the city's famine-hit A…
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