Shelling at Sudanese market leaves many de.ad

Shelling at a busy market near Sudan’s capital has left many de.ad, filling a mortuary with bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said

MSF and the Sudanese authorities said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for Saturday’s attack in the city of Omdurman, which k!lled and injured more than 100 people.

The RSF has denied the claim.

The majority of those k!lled at the market were women and children, the Sudanese Doctors’ Union says.

The RSF and Sudan’s army have been locked in a civil war that, over 22 months, has k!lled tens of thousands and sparked what the UN describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.

In the past few weeks, the army has stepped up its offensive in Omdurman, which lies across the River Nile from capital city, Khartoum, aiming to regain complete control from the RSF.

Eyewitnesses told the AFP news agency that Saturday’s artillery shelling had come from western Omdurman, where the RSF remains in control.

Saturday’s explosion caused “utter carnage” at the nearby Al Nao hospital, which was overwhelmed with injured patients, MSF general secretary Chris Lockyear said.

Both sides have been accused of targeting civilians, including health workers, and indiscriminate shelling of residential areas.

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