Residents of Khartoum woke to artillery and rocket fire on Sunday, hours after an airstrike in the south of the city killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.
“The death toll from the aerial bombardment” in southern Khartoum “has risen to 20 civilian fatalities,” according to a statement by the neighbourhood’s resistance committee. It is one of many volunteer groups that used to organise pro-democracy demonstrations and now provide assistance to families caught in the crossfire between the army and paramilitary fighters.
In an earlier statement, it said the victims included two children, and that more fatalities went unrecorded as “their bodies could not be moved to the hospital because they were severely burned or torn to pieces in the bombing”.
Since fighting broke out between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April, about 5,000 people have been killed, according to estimates from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project.
The Sudanese armed forces control the skies and have carried out regular airstrikes, while RSF fighters dominate the capital’s streets.
Credit: theguardian.com
