According to a local organization, airstrikes on a neighborhood in the south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum resulted in at least 11 fatalities and numerous injuries.
“At about 7:15 am (0515 GMT), military aircraft bombarded the Qouro market area,” said the local resistance committee, one of the groups that used to organise pro-democracy protests and now provides assistance during the war.
“A preliminary count indicates that 11 deaths and dozens of wounded arrived” at Bashair hospital, the committee said.
While this was going on, the hospital made a “urgent appeal” for any nearby medical personnel to come help treat the “increasing number of injured people arriving.”
A catastrophic fight between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has gripped Sudan since April 15.
According to a conservative estimate from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, there have been close to 7,500 fatalities in the conflict’s first roughly five months of fighting.
The real death toll is presumed to be much higher as access to many areas have been cut off completely and the warring sides have not declared their losses.
The fighting, concentrated mainly in Khartoum and the western region of Darfur, has also forced nearly five million people to flee their homes, according to the United Nations.
Multiple international efforts have failed to mediate a ceasefire in the conflict.
