2023-07-09 03:49:00
Khartoum: 22 people were killed in an airstrike in the Sudanese city, the Ministry of Health said. The airstrike took place in Omdurman, a city near Khartoum. Many people were injured in the attack.
The health ministry said it was the deadliest airstrike in clashes between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force.
The Ministry of Health posted a video of bodies lying on the ground and people trying to pull the dead out of the rubble. The Rapid Support Force blamed the army for the attack.
Residents of Omdurman said it was unclear whether the attack was carried out by the army or the Rapid Support Force. Army planes are flying in the region targeting RSF and RS is once morest the army. They also said that F drones are used.
Rebellion broke out in Sudan in April. A power struggle between Sudanese military chief Abdul Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary chief Muhammad Hamdan Daglo led Sudan to civil war. Last month, 17 people, including five children, were killed in an airstrike in Khartoum.
Health Minister Haitham Muhammad Ibrahim said that 3,000 people have been killed and 6,000 injured so far in the riots. More than 2.9 million people have fled their homes since the violence began, according to UN figures.
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that Sudan has become a terrible place. He also condemned the invasion and migration in Sudan.
The United Nations has said yesterday that sexual violence once morest women and girls in Sudan is shocking. According to a statement issued jointly by various agencies of the United Nations, the human rights office of the world body in Sudan has received reports related to sexual violence.
The Human Rights Office in Sudan has reported that since the start of civil strife in Sudan on April 15, there have been regarding 21 sexual assaults related to the rebellion. Accordingly, 57 women and girls have been victims of violence. In one attack alone, 20 women were raped,’ the statement said.
Human rights chief Volker Türk has said that women and girls are not receiving the necessary medical and psychological treatment during the war.
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