15 people killed in fresh RSF shelling of El Fasher market
3 July 2024 (EL FASHER) – Fifteen people were killed and 29 others injured on Wednesday in a heavy artillery attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a crowded market in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.
This latest attack adds to the mounting civilian casualties in the city, which has been under siege by the RSF since May 10th.
The Director General of the Ministry of Health in North Darfur State, Ibrahim Khatir, told Sudan Tribune that today’s shelling in El Fasher “resulted in the deaths of 15 people and 29 injured.”
He added that all the dead and injured were civilians living in the Al-Nasr, Al-Thawra South, Al-Riyadh South, Al-Radeef, and Al-Mawashi (livestock) market neighbourhoods in El Fasher.
The selling also damaged Al-Radeef mosque.
A military source told Sudan Tribune that “12 fatalities and 20 wounded were received at the military hospital affiliated with the 6th Infantry Division following the RSF shelling of the livestock market south of El Fasher.”
The El Fasher Resistance Committees Coordination confirmed that the city’s southern and western areas, including the livestock and vegetable markets, and the Al-Radeef neighborhood, were heavily bombarded.
The RSF’s relentless attacks have wreaked havoc on El Fasher’s infrastructure, destroying homes, medical facilities, and essential civilian services. The city’s residents continue to face immense hardship and danger as the conflict rages on.
A statement issued by the El Fasher Resistance Committees Coordination stated that the city was subjected to a violent attack with heavy artillery by the RSF militias, which intensively targeted the south and west of the city, the livestock market, the vegetable market, and the Al-Radeef neighbourhood.
The continuous shelling by the RSF on the capital of North Darfur has caused widespread destruction of infrastructure, civilian homes, and government and private medical facilities.