SUDAN: Rescuers say at least 120 killed by shelling near capital

  Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling in the greater Khartoum area has killed at least 120 people, as fighting between the army and paramilitaries has escalated nationwide. The “random shelling” on Monday in western Omdurman, the capital’s twin city just across the Nile River, resulted in the deaths of 120 civilians, said the Ombada Emergency […]

 

Sudanese volunteer rescuers said shelling in the greater Khartoum area has killed at least 120 people, as fighting between the army and paramilitaries has escalated nationwide.

The “random shelling” on Monday in western Omdurman, the capital’s twin city just across the Nile River, resulted in the deaths of 120 civilians, said the Ombada Emergency Response Room, part of a network of volunteer rescuers across the war-torn country.

It said the figure was an “initial toll”, and did not specify who was behind the attack.

The rescuers said medical supplies were in critically short supply as health workers struggled to treat “a large number of wounded people suffering from varying degrees of injuries” as a result of the shelling.

Since April 2023, Sudan has been at war between the forces of rival generals vying for control.

Most of Omdurman is under army control, while the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hold Khartoum North and some other areas of the capital.