Sudan activists say airstrike kills 10 civilians north of Khartoum

August 17, 2024 (KHARTOUM) – Activists in North Khartoum Bahri, north of the Sudanese capital, reported on Saturday that warplanes bombed civilian sites, resulting in the deaths of 10 civilians.

The Resistance Committee of the “Al-Abyad  Waldaham” areas in rural Khartoum Bahri stated that the warplanes killed 10 people in an airstrike on the region.

The army is accused of carrying out airstrikes on civilian targets, including people, homes, and facilities in various regions of Sudan. Military leaders claim that the attacks target Rapid Support Forces (RSF) gatherings and their weapons.

The committee said in a statement that “the army’s warplanes bombed the Al-Fazarab neighbourhood in the Al-Abyad  Waldaha area, resulting in the deaths of 10 individuals, most of them children, and the injury of 4 others, in addition to the destruction of several homes.”

The committee pointed out that this is the second such raid on the area since the outbreak of the conflict on April 15.

The committee confirmed that the aircraft is bombing civilian homes where there are “only unarmed civilians, forced by circumstances and reality to endure the worst types of living conditions between harassment by the Rapid Support Forces, high prices of goods, and difficulty in obtaining them.”

It added that these citizens “are enduring this reality in silence without any assistance from any party.”

The raid resulted in the deaths of Saleh Fadl Al-Mawla, Raja Mohamed, and her three children, in addition to the child Khaled Ahmed and two girls. The body of Mohamed Ahmed, which is still under the rubble of the houses, has not yet been found.