KHARTOUM, Sudan
At least 14 people were killed in a drone strike conducted by the Rapid Support Forces on a gathering of civilians south of the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday.
As the war enters its fourth
month, the paramilitary forces have escalated their tactics, employing drones
and MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems) against the Sudanese army, a
development observed earlier last month.
“The rebel militias targeted
civilians who gathered to welcome the army soldiers in the areas of Al-Azuzab
and Wad Ajeeb with a drone. The attack led to the death of 14 civilians and the
wounding of 15 others,” stated the Sudanese army spokesman.
The military official further
disclosed that the army managed to destroy about 9 RSF combat vehicles and
killed a number of its fighters while repelling an attack in the Al-Ashra area
and Al-Dabbasin Bridge in Abu Adam, south of Khartoum.
Additionally, the army’s
special forces in the Jabal Awlia area seized a large number of weapons hidden
by the paramilitary militia, including 12 machine guns, a Dushka machine gun,
and a substantial number of automatic rifles.
The ongoing war has had severe
repercussions, with over two million and a half people forced to leave Khartoum
as a result of the escalating conflict.
According to witnesses who
spoke to Sudan Tribune, the Sudan Air Force intensified their sorties on
Wednesday, targeting RSF sites in Omdurman and Khartoum North. Meanwhile, the
Sudanese army shelled the positions of the paramilitary forces in Old Omdurman
and several locations in Saliha, south of Omdurman.
In the southern part of
Khartoum, RSF reinforcements arrived in various areas of the Kalakla suburb.
Witnesses reported that the militiamen allegedly looted shops in the Laffa
market and occupied residential homes, continuing a pattern of such actions
observed since last April.
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