The army attacked a Sudanese market. Hundreds of civilians died

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Hundreds of civilians died as a consequence of an attack by the Sudanese army on a marketplace in North Darfur state in the west of Sudan," reported AFP agency on Tuesday, citing a group of lawyers. Earlier in February, a akin attack that led to the fast consequence Force (RSF) occurred at the Omdurman market. There has been a civilian war in the country for almost 2 years.

The AFP agency, citing a group of lawyers, reported on Tuesday that hundreds of civilians had died as a consequence of an attack by the Sudanese army on a marketplace in North Darfur state in western Sudan.

Attack on the Omdurman market

At the beginning of February in artillery shelling Omdurman market respective twelve people died close Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, and more than 150 were injured.

SEE: IL-76 shot down in Sudan. The Russians were expected to be on board.

Attack Attributed Rapid consequence Force (RSF), which are 1 of the parties to the ongoing civilian war in Sudan.

This massacre occurred the day after the leader of this paramilitary organization Mohamed Hamdane Daglo stated that he would displace the army from the capital, thereby admitting for the first time that his forces had lost control of part of Khartoum.

After months of deadlock, the army launched a massive offensive in January and managed to take key positions, including the General Staff, which had been the office since the war began. Rapid consequence Force.

Sudan civilian War

Conflict between Government troops of Sudan and RSF It has been moving since mid-April 2023. The war broke out as a consequence of a dispute within an alliance that had 2 years earlier overthrown the West-backed government and took power.

SEE: Drama in Sudan. Bullets fell into the market, over 50 casualties.

The main forms of conflict are General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, which, following the overturn of 2021, headed the country, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo – in the past, 1 of the more influential figures of the Sudanese army, and since 2023 the chief commander of the RSF.

According to the UN and local authorities, more than 20,000 people have already been killed by the conflict and forced 14 million people to resettle the country. Experts from U.S. universities estimation the death toll of as many as 130 000.