In Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) accuse each other of having bombed the Goro market, south of Khartoum, on Sunday morning, September 10. According to the Sudanese Doctors’ Union and the South Khartoum Resistance Committee – a civil society group – there are more than forty victims and around sixty injured.
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” Bashair University Hospital has turned into a real bloodbath “, explained, this Monday morning, on the antenna of the Sudanese radio Dabanga, the spokesperson for the Emergency medical response.
Since Sunday, the bodies of victims and the injured from the Goro market have continued to arrive. The Sudanese doctors’ union has asked all health professionals to lend a helping hand to meet urgent needs.
It was in the morning that an airstrike hit the Goro market, one of the main markets in the south of the city. Goro was once known for his contraband goods. It is now famous for sheltering men of the FSR.
The paramilitaries quickly accused the Sudanese army, in a press release, published shortly after the bombing, which the Sudanese Armed Forces defended. Their spokesperson explained in a statement that they ” launch strikes only against rebel gatherings, groups, sites and bases. »
Violence has continued in Sudan for nearly
five months. According to a report by the NGO Acled, published last week, the conflict has killed nearly 2,300 people in the past month alone.
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