KHARTOUM, Dec. 29, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least 20 civilians were killed and 17 others injured in two attacks, by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on two displacement camps in El Fasher city in western Sudan, a local government official said on Saturday.
“Last night (Friday), a RSF militia drone dropped four bombs on Qoz Bena school, a camp hosting hundreds of displaced people in El Fasher, killing 19 civilians and injuring 16 others,” Ibrahim Khatir, director-general of North Darfur State’s health department, told Xinhua.
“This morning, the militia launched artillery shelling on Abu Shouk displacement camp, north of El Fasher, killing a civilian and injuring a girl,” he added.
The RSF has not yet commented on the two incidents in El Fasher.
Fierce clashes have been raging in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and the RSF since May 10.
GNA