18 civilians were killed and others were injured as a result of the attackRapid Support Forces On villages in Gezira State middle Sudan.
The Sudan Doctors Network (non-governmental) said yesterday, Monday, in a statement that 13 people were killed and others were injured as a result of a Rapid Support attack on the village of Al-Bururab in the Sheikh Mekki village complex, east of Al-Jazira State.
The network indicated that the attack resulted in the displacement of tens of thousands to a number of adjacent states, causing a humanitarian disaster.
For its part, the Sudanese “Nidaa Al-Wasat” platform reported that the Rapid Support Forces attacked village 50 in the Umm Al-Qura region, east of the island, yesterday, Monday, and killed 5 people.
International condemnation
Office said human rights Subordinate To the United Nations Last week, at least 25 women were subjected to sexual violence, including an 11-year-old girl who died as a result.
The office added that reports it received said that the Rapid Support Forces confiscated internet devices in at least 30 villages and burned agricultural crops.
Clementine Nkweta Salami, the United Nations representative in Sudan, said, “I am deeply shocked and disturbed by the human rights violations in Gezira State, similar to the level we witnessed in Darfur last year,” referring to Darfur region Western Sudan.
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In a related context, one of the survivors – a mother of a one-month-old baby – told Reuters that the Rapid Support Forces stormed the homes of citizens in Al-Jazeera State late last October, expelled them from the village with whips, and then shot them.
In turn, Hashim Bashir – who had one of his legs amputated before the war – said that the Rapid Support Forces expelled him from his home in the village of Al-Nayeb, and his niece Faiza Muhammad said that the forces took away her jewelry, stole her phone, and did not allow them to take anything with them, even identity documents.
For two weeks, Al-Jazira State has been subjected to violent attacks that targeted at least 65 villages and towns, the intensity of which increased after the defection of the commander of the Rapid Support Forces in the state, Abu Aqla Kikl, and the announcement of his joining the army.
Since mid-April 2023, he has been fighting Sudanese army The Rapid Support Forces fought a war that left more than 20,000 dead and more than 11 million displaced and refugees, according to the United Nations.
