10 civilians killed, 9 injured in RSF drone attack in southeastern Sudan, medics say

By Adel Abdelrheem and Rania Abushamala

KHARTOUM, Sudan/ ISTANBUL (AA) - Ten civilians were killed and nine others wounded in a drone attack carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the city of Sinja, the capital of Sennar State in southeastern Sudan, the Sudan Doctors Network said Monday.

In a statement, the independent medical network said that “ten people were killed by a guided missile fired from a Rapid Support Forces drone at several locations in Sinja.”

It added that nine others also sustained injuries of varying severity and condemned what it described as a the “deliberate targeting of civilians outside military objectives, amounting to full-fledged war crimes.”

The network called ng for an end to the targeting of civilians and for ensuring the protection of civilian facilities.

It also appealed to the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to take urgent action to bring an end to these violations, hold those responsible accountable, and provide the necessary protection for civilians in Sudan.

Earlier on Monday, Sudanese authorities announced casualties in a drone attack carried out by the RSF on the city of Sinja.

Local sources told Anadolu that RSF drones targeted Sinja, causing deaths and injuries.

The sources said the drones also struck the headquarters of the army’s 17th Infantry Division in the city, but no immediate comment was issued by the military.

Of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF controls all five states of the Darfur region in the west, except for some northern parts of North Darfur that remain under army control. The army, in turn, holds most areas of the remaining 13 states in the south, north, east and center, including the capital Khartoum.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which began in April 2023, has since killed thousands of people and displaced millions of others.