KHARTOUM: A drone strike blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 14 people, mostly women, in the Sudanese town of Al-Tina, on the border with Chad, a survivor of the attack and a government official told AFP on Tuesday.
Locals who rushed to bury the dead “found 14 bodies at the bomb site, most of them women,” the survivor said, using a satellite Internet connection to circumvent a communications blackout.
Requesting anonymity for their safety, they said the attack on Monday “targeted a gathering of women selling food and tea in the Al-Tina market.”
Deadly attacks on civilian sites including markets are common in the war between Sudan’s army and the RSF, which since April 2023 has killed tens of thousands.
An exact toll is impossible to confirm but aid workers estimate over 200,000 people have been killed.
