At least 97 dead and nearly 1,000 injured left clashes between army and guerrillas in Sudan

At least 97 civilians died and others 942 were injured during clashes this weekend between the Sudanese army and the powerful paramilitary group Rapid support forces (FAR), the Sudanese Central Committee of Physicians reported.

This independent committee said in a statement that this Sunday, during the second day of fighting in different parts of the country, a total of 41 civilians “were killed”, mainly in the capital, Jartumand the cities of Bahri there Omdurman.

On the first day of fighting, Saturday, at least 56 civilians were killed, the source said.

The committee also noted that the number of victims could be much higher given that the emergency teams cannot move to different areas in the west of the country due to movement restrictions due to the intense clashes between the army and the FAR.

The Sudanese Central Committee of Physicians also denounced those in uniform use the toilets as a “refuge”, and recalled that the use of hospitals for war purposes is “a crime against Humanity, against values ​​and morals, and against treaties and agreements that prohibit their violation”.

For its part, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “several of the nine hospitals in Khartoum which receive wounded civilians they have no more bloodtransfusion sets, intravenous fluids and other vital supplies.

Sudan has entered third consecutive day of clashes, which continue to grow in Khartoum and other parts of the north and west of the country.

The army reported on Sunday evening that the general situation was “very stable” and that there were only “limited clashes” with the FAR, mainly in the Sudanese capital.

The armed forces say they control most military installations and vital infrastructure in Khartoum, and have seized the strategic Merowe airport in northern Sudan from the FAR, as well as large areas of the conflict zone of Kordofan, in addition to other regions.

Given the escalation of violence in densely populated cities, the army and the FAR on Sunday accepted a UN proposal to establish humanitarian corridors and cease fighting in residential areas for a brief period of three hours, which allowed the evacuation of more than a thousand inhabitants. in Khartoum, says EFE Sources of the Sudanese Red Crescent.

Fighting between the regular army and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) has triggered international alarm and led to the closure of the borders between neighboring Egypt and Chad.

(With information from EFE and AFP)

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