In Sudan, at least nine children were killed and 11 others injured in an air raid by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State in western Sudan. The resistance committee in El Fasher, a non-governmental group, said yesterday that an RSF drone threw projectiles at the Al-Hijra Mosque in the Al-Tijaniya neighbourhood in El-Fasher, killing nine children and injuring 11 others.
Meanwhile, a local news portal reported that the targeted site contained a voluntary kitchen providing food to the displaced. The RSF has yet to respond to the report.
Since May 10, fierce clashes have been raging in El Fasher, the latest escalation of the larger conflict between the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces across the country since April 15, 2023. The deadly clashes have so far claimed 16,650 lives, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update last month.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
