Key Takeaways
- At least 15 people were killed and 32 others injured in the paramilitary forces attack on El Fasher market.
- The attack is part of the broader conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces.
- The conflict has claimed at least 16,650 lives so far, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Khartoum: At least 15 people were killed and 32 others injured in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a market in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in western Sudan.
“All the dead and injured were civilians. They were targetted at the Al-Mawashi (livestock) market in El Fasher,” Ibrahim Khatir, director-general of North Darfur State’s health ministry, told Xinhua on Wednesday.
Fierce clashes have been raging in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State, since May 10.
It is the latest escalation of the broader conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and RSF across the country since April 15, 2023.
The deadly conflict has claimed at least 16,650 lives so far, as per the latest update by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs last month.
