Terror assaults kill over 200 in 10 days as college ladies perish in horror strikes
Sudan has been hit with a horrific series of civilian killings as the UN has stated since March 4 more than 200 civilian have lost their lives in horrific attacks
The UN has warned more than 200 civilians have been killed since March 4
A horror series of attacks have killed more than 200 civilians over the space of less than 10 days, the United Nations has revealed.
The UN has stated at least 152 civilians were reportedly killed in army drone strikes in West Kordofan state, Sudan. The attacks hit separate markets in Abu Zabad and Wad Banda in West Kordofan on 7 March, and left at least 40 civilians dead.
The strikes also hit a lorry carrying civilians which was struck allegedly by an SAF drone on 10 March. The lorry attack reportedly killed at least 50 civilians. The violent series of civilian killings has occurred in the Kordofan region and White Nile state, in the north African country. On Wednesday at least 17 people – including numerous schoolgirls – were killed after a drone strike on a secondary school and a health care centre.
The school attack hit the village Shukeiri in the White Nile province. Alongside the school girls who were killed, two teachers and a health care worker also lost their lives.
The attack has been blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF has not responded to these accusations. The horrific series of killings is the latest development in the Sudanese Civil war which began in April 2023.
The horrific civil war was sparked after a power struggle descended into widespread violence in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and in other areas across the country. The bloody conflict has created the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet and has also pushed parts of the African nation to famine. Sudan Doctors Network spokesperson Dr Razan Al-Mahdi has called the attack a “horrific crime”.
The doctor said: “This horrific crime represents a continuation of the violations committed by the RSF in the White Nile.”
The medical group Sudan Doctors Network who reported the strike said there was no military presence in the village where the drone attack took place.
The UN High Commissioner Volker Türk shared his thoughts on the school attack and said on Thursday: “It is deeply troubling that despite multiple reminders, warnings and appeals, parties to the conflict continue to use increasingly powerful drones to deploy explosive weapons with wide-area impacts in populated areas.”
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has stated the war keeps spreading due to the use of new technology.
Türk said: “It will soon be three full years since the senseless conflict in Sudan began, devastating millions of lives and livelihoods. Yet the violence, fuelled by these new technologies of war, simply keeps spreading.”
