Drone strike on Darfur market kills civilians and fighters

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 15:42 · Archive

More than 100 people were killed and 113 wounded in a Sudanese military drone strike on a market in Nyala on Monday.

A Sudanese military drone strike on a market in Nyala, capital of South Darfur province, killed more than 100 people and wounded 113 on Monday, according to Emergency Lawyers, a rights group tracking violence. Many of those killed and wounded were women and children.

Witnesses said civilian food vendors were among the dead, gathered at the market to sell goods to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces fighters. A cigarette vendor told the Associated Press that hundreds of RSF fighters had gathered that evening and that a drone struck around 8 p.m. Another witness estimated around 14 civilians, mostly women selling tea and food, were killed alongside many fighters.

Mohamed Didan, spokesperson for the Special Operations Forces fighting with the army, claimed on Facebook that more than 150 militia recruits were killed at the Dumaya camp west of Nyala in what he described as a 'precise and targeted airstrike'.

The strike is part of the ongoing war between the army and the RSF, which began in April 2023. The conflict has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced around 13 million, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, according to aid organisations.

How it is being reported

• Strike on Darfur market killed civilians selling food to fighters, witnesses sayWitnesses in Sudan say that multiple civilian vendors are among the dozens reportedly killed in an attack on a market earlier this week in a poverty-stricken Darfur city in southwestern Sudan.Clickorlando · 28 Oct, 15:21
• Strike on Darfur market killed civilians selling food to fighters, witnesses sayWitnesses in Sudan say that multiple civilian vendors are among the dozens reportedly killed in an attack on a market earlier this week in a poverty-stricken Darfur city in southwestern Sudan.News4Jax · 28 Oct, 15:21

In this story: Nyala · South Darfur · Sudan · Rapid Support Forces · Special Operations Forces · Emergency Lawyers · Mohamed Didan

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