Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's military, has reportedly killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher after seizing the capital of the state of North Darfur on Sunday.
The alleged massacre of more than 460 people at the Saudi Maternity Hospital was condemned by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the secretary-general of the World Health Organization, in a statement Wednesday.
"All attacks on health care must stop immediately and unconditionally," Ghebreyesus said. "All patients, health personnel and health facilities must be protected under International Humanitarian Law. Ceasefire!"
Ghebreyesus said that, before the latest attack, the WHO had verified 185 attacks on health care in Sudan, causing at least 1,204 deaths and 416 injuries of health workers and patients since the civil war began in April 2023.
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