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31 killed in airstrike on mosque in Sudan

Published : 23 Oct 2024, 01:55

DF News Desk

This photo taken via mobile phone on Oct. 12, 2024 shows the damage caused by an airstrike at the Al-Souk Al-Markazy (central market) in Khartoum, capital of Sudan. Photo: Volunteer Group South Khartoum Emergency Room/Handout via Xinhua.

At least 31 people were killed in an airstrike targeting a mosque in Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira State in central Sudan, a local non-governmental group announced on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.

On Sunday, "warplanes bombarded after the evening prayer the Sheikh El Jeili mosque and surrounding areas in the Al-Imtidad neighborhood with explosive barrels," the Wad Madani resistance committee said in a statement.

The committee added that 15 victims had been identified, while dozens of unidentified bodies were still being counted.

So far, there has been no comment from any parties on the incident.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of Gezira State in December 2023 after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) withdrew from Wad Madani.

Sudan has been ravaged by a deadly conflict between the SAF and the RSF since mid-April 2023. According to a report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project on Oct. 14, the conflict has resulted in more than 24,850 deaths.