A drone attack on an open market south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has killed at least 40 people, activists and medical workers said, as the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battle for control of the country.
At least 70 others were injured in the attack in Khartoum’s Mayo neighbourhood on Sunday, according to resistance committees and two healthcare workers at the Bashair University Hospital, where the casualties were treated. Many of them will require amputations.The group posted footage on social media showing bodies wrapped in white sheets in an open yard at the hospital.
Reporting from Khartoum, Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan said the drone attack was carried out by the Sudanese army.
She said it is not clear whether all the victims were civilians, but “there is a dire need for medical assistance for those who have been injured”.
Indiscriminate shelling and air attacks by both factions have become common in Sudan’s war, which has reduced the greater Khartoum area to a battleground.
Credit: Aljazeera.com
