Paramilitary attack kills 50 in Sudan
Published: 05:10 PM,Oct 26,2024 | EDITED : 09:10 PM,Oct 26,2024
Members of Sudanese armed forces sit on an army vehicle in Omdurman, Sudan. — Reuters file photo
GEDAREF: At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack by Sudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in Al Jazira state, activists said. 'The villages of Al Sariha and Azraq have been under attack' since Friday morning, the resistance committee in Hasaheisa, one of hundreds of volunteer groups coordinating aid in Sudan, said in a statement late on Friday.
In Al Sariha alone, the attack killed 50 and wounded more than 200, the resistance committee added, reporting a total inability to evacuate the wounded from the village due to the shelling and snipers from the RSF.
With a near-total communications blackout, tolls are impossible to verify and often hard to gather. The resistance committee said that the nearby village of Azraq had been placed under a total siege, suffering the same violations as Al Sariha, although it was not possible to provide a death toll. — AFP
In Al Sariha alone, the attack killed 50 and wounded more than 200, the resistance committee added, reporting a total inability to evacuate the wounded from the village due to the shelling and snipers from the RSF.
With a near-total communications blackout, tolls are impossible to verify and often hard to gather. The resistance committee said that the nearby village of Azraq had been placed under a total siege, suffering the same violations as Al Sariha, although it was not possible to provide a death toll. — AFP