22 killed in air strike in Sudan's Omdurman city

At least 22 people were killed on Saturday in an air strike in Sudan's Omdurman city, according to Khartoum State's Health Ministry, reported Xinhua.

"The air strike in Dar al-Salam al-Amriya area, west of Omdurman, at dawn today (Saturday) killed 22 citizens and left a large number of others wounded," the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.

The Sudanese Army has not yet commented on the incident. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces condemned in a statement what it called "the systematic bombing by planes" on Saturday morning on citizens in a number of residential neighborhoods west of Omdurman.