CAIRO: At least 11 children were killed in a drone strike that hit a mosque in the besieged city of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, the UN children’s agency said on Monday.
Local aid groups, activists, and the Sudanese army accused the Rapid Support Forces of launching the drone that struck the mosque during Fajr prayers early on Friday, killing at least 70 people.
UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell, in the Monday statement, called the attack “shocking and unconscionable.”
Russell said initial reports indicated that at least 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15 were killed and “many more” were injured in the attack, which also damaged nearby homes.
The strike in the besieged city of El-Fasher destroyed the mosque, and many bodies were trapped under rubble, said a worker with the local aid group Emergency Response Rooms on Friday.
