An airstrike in a Sudanese metropolis on Saturday killed not less than 22 individuals, well being authorities mentioned, in one of many deadliest air assaults but within the weekslong preventing between Sudan’s rival generals.
The assault happened in a residential space of Omdurman, the neighbouring metropolis of the capital, Khartoum, in accordance with a quick assertion by the well being ministry. The assault wounded an unspecified variety of individuals, it mentioned.
The assault was one of many deadliest of the clashes in city areas within the capital and elsewhere in Sudan between the navy and a strong paramilitary group referred to as the Fast Help Forces. Final month, an airstrike killed not less than 17 individuals together with 5 youngsters in Khartoum.
The RSF blamed the navy for hanging residential areas in Omdurman, the place preventing has raged between the warring factions, in accordance with residents. The navy has reportedly tried to chop off a vital provide line for the paramilitary drive there.
A spokesman for the navy was not instantly obtainable for remark.
Two Omdurman residents mentioned it was troublesome to find out which aspect was accountable for the assault. They mentioned the navy’s plane have repeatedly focused RSF troops within the space and the paramilitary drive has used drones and anti-aircraft weapons in opposition to the navy.
On the time of the assault early Saturday, the navy was hitting the RSF, which took individuals’s homes as shields, and the RSF fired anti-aircraft rounds on the attacking warplanes, mentioned Abdel-Rahman, one of many residents who requested to make use of solely his first title for his security.
The battle broke out in mid-April, capping months of accelerating tensions between the leaders of the navy and the RSF.
Officers mentioned final month that the clashes have killed over 3,000 individuals and wounded over 6,000 others. Greater than 2.9 million individuals have fled their properties to safer areas inside Sudan or crossed into neighbouring nations, in accordance with U.N. figures.
