WHO says over 100 killed in attacks on Sudan kindergarten and hospital
The World Health Organization said Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in “senseless” strikes on a hospital and kindergarten in Sudan’s South Kordofan state last week.
The latest attacks on December 4 began with repeated strikes on a kindergarten in South Kordofan state, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X. “Disturbingly, paramedics and responders came under attack as they tried to move the injured from the kindergarten to the hospital,” he said.
“WHO deplores these senseless attacks on civilians and health facilities, and calls again for an end to the violence, and increased access to humanitarian aid, including health.”
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks that it said were carried out by the Rapid Support Forces using drones.
The WHO database said heavy weapons were used and that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed and 35 wounded.
A WHO spokesperson said the toll combines casualties from the kindergarten strikes, the transfer of patients to the adjacent rural hospital, and attacks at the facility itself. Most children were killed in the initial strike, while parents and medics were later among the victims, he added.
Survivors have since been moved to another hospital, and urgent appeals are being made for medical support and blood donations, Tedros said.
