Dozens killed as RSF shells besieged El-Fasher in one of deadliest attacks
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled North Darfur’s besieged capital El-Fasher on Saturday, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring 25 others, a medical source told AFP.
Speaking anonymously for safety reasons, the source at El-Fasher hospital said these numbers only account for those who reached the hospital, adding that others were buried by their families, unable to access medical centers due to ongoing security challenges.
According to the local resistance committee, the attack involved heavy artillery shelling by the RSF across several residential neighborhoods.
The bombardment began early Saturday and continued well into the afternoon, the committee said in a statement, describing the assault as one of the deadliest recent attacks on the city, resulting in numerous casualties and severe damage to property and infrastructure.
A few kilometers to the north, the RSF also shelled the famine-stricken Abu Shouk displacement camp, killing several civilians including a community leader and injuring at least 20 people, according to the camp’s Emergency Response Room, which has been coordinating frontline aid throughout the war.
The war between Sudan’s army and the RSF has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and triggered what the United Nations calls the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis.
