At least 20 civilians, including two children, have lost their lives in an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in the southern part of Khartoum. Meanwhile, the Sudanese army continues to shell the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital, according to local residents and resistance committees.
The resistance committees reported that the death toll from the airstrikes in the Kalakla neighborhood has reached 20 civilians, as stated by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Earlier, the neighborhood’s resistance committees had stated that a morgue in one of the few hospitals still operating in the Sudanese capital held the bodies of 11 civilian casualties, including two children and a woman. They noted the difficulty of transferring many of the charred and mangled bodies.
The conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces began on April 15 and has resulted in the deaths of around 5,000 people, with 4.6 million displaced either internally or externally.
In Khartoum, the battles are concentrated in densely populated neighborhoods. For the past five months, millions of residents have been enduring water and electricity shortages, extreme heat, and have taken shelter in their homes to protect themselves from the ongoing crossfire.
Witnesses reported on Sunday that the outskirts of the northern capital witnessed artillery shelling and rocket attacks by the army on positions held by the Rapid Support Forces.
