Sudan army drone strike on court session kills 35, rights group says
Emergency Lawyers said the strike hit civilians gathered for local hearings and damaged the court building, as drone warfare has spread across Sudan's war.
- On Sunday, Sudanese army drones struck a traditional court in Garra al-Zawaya, North Darfur, killing at least 35 people as civilians gathered to attend hearings on local cases and disputes, the Emergency Lawyers group said.
- The strike occurred within the brutal three-year conflict between the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces , commanded by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, with both sides increasingly relying on drone warfare.
- Among those killed were "four tribal leaders and two RSF commanders," a witness told AFP on condition of anonymity, while the RSF's self-declared government condemned the attack as "a horrific crime," reporting 37 dead and 50 wounded.
- Garra al-Zawaya lies about 150 kilometres west of El-Fasher, the army's former stronghold now held by the RSF, while the Sudanese army provided no immediate response to the reported strike.
- UN investigators have stated violence linked to the RSF's siege of El-Fasher bears "the hallmarks of genocide," as more than 1,000 civilians were killed in drone strikes during the first five months of this year.
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At least 35 people were killed in a Sudanese army drone attack on a courthouse where a hearing was taking place at the time, a local human rights organization reports. Dozens of others were injured. Emergency Lawyers, an independent legal organization that documents atrocities in Sudan, reports on X that drones bombarded the court headquarters in the village of Al-Zawiya Gara in North Darfur State. The village is currently under the control of …
Drone strike on North Darfur court kills at least 35, rights group says
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