Sudan's RSF commits horrific massacre in a North Kordofan area
Al-Obied: Altaghyeer
At least 11 people, including 3 children, have been killed in a heinous crime committed by forces affiliated with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the 'Shag al-Noom' area in North Kordofan state, central western Sudan, the Sudanese Doctors Network reported on Sunday.
The attack also resulted in injury of 31 civilians including 9 women, some of them pregnant, the network said.
The network described the killing as the worst brutal attack violating every humane norms and international charters.
Sources told Altaghyeer that the RSF first launched an attack on the area with the aim of looting but they were forced to withdraw under the resistance from the residents.
The forces returned again armed with heavier weapons which resulted in the killing of 11 people and the injury of a large number of others.
The number of victims is likely much higher than announced with some residents putting the figures of the dead and wounded at 300 civilians as the RSF chased people escaping the scene to neighboring areas.
Shag al-Noom lies 6 kilometers north of Bara, a city under the RSF control for now several months.
Bara is about 317 kilometers west of the national capital Khartoum and 40 kilometers to the north east of al-Obeid, capital of North Kordofan State.
The RSF has been trying, since eruption of its war with the Sudanese Armed Forces in April 2023, to control Kordofan region as an extension of the neighbouring Darfur region which is mostly under its control.
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