According to a statement released by a group of pro-democracy attorneys, more than 20 persons were killed on Sunday when shells struck a market in a neighborhood of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
The conflict between army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s men and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who is in charge of the Rapid Support men (RSF), has resulted in bloodshed on several occasions since April.
According to a statement from the committee for pro-democracy lawyers, following a fierce gunfight between the two sides, the shells struck the Omdurman market.
“More than 20 civilians have been killed and others have been wounded,” said the statement, which was sent to AFP. The committee keeps track of rights violations during the conflict and its civilian victims.
On Saturday, a medical source said shells that hit houses in Khartoum had killed 15 civilians.
Omdurman has repeatedly been the site of fierce battles between the two sides.
Witnesses claim that although the conflict had previously mostly been confined to the capital and the western region of Darfur, it has now extended to places south of Khartoum.
A conservative estimate of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project puts the number of deaths from the Sudanese conflict at over 10,000 so far.
Aid organizations and medical professionals have cautioned, however, that the true death toll is higher than officially reported, as many of the injured and deceased never make it to cemeteries or hospitals.
The United Nations estimates that 5.5 million people have fled the conflict, both inside Sudan and across international borders.
