KHARTOUM: Sudanese paramilitary fighters have killed at least 14 civilians trying to flee a besieged city in Darfur, a rights group said on Monday. The attack in a village on the outskirts of El Fasher came just two days after the administration installed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had called on civilians to evacuate the besieged city and promised they would be safe.
The Emergency Lawyers, a rights group which has documented atrocities in the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, said that 14 people had been killed in the Saturday attack, “dozens more were injured and an unknown number of civilians detained”. “The victims had left El Fasher in an attempt to escape the siege and escalating battles,” the group said. — AFP
KHARTOUM: Sudanese paramilitary fighters have killed at least 14 civilians trying to flee a besieged city in Darfur, a rights group said on Monday. The attack in a village on the outskirts of El Fasher came just two days after the administration installed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had called on civilians to evacuate the besieged city and promised they would be safe.
The Emergency Lawyers, a rights group which has documented atrocities in the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, said that 14 people had been killed in the Saturday attack, “dozens more were injured and an unknown number of civilians detained”. “The victims had left El Fasher in an attempt to escape the siege and escalating battles,” the group said. — AFP
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