Nine civilians were killed, and 14 others were injured, including children, in an air raid on El Fasher early this morning, the second attack by the Sudanese Air Force on the city within 24 hours. The Kutum town was also bombed.
Speaking to Radio Dabanga, residents of El Fasher said that the airstrikes took place between 2:00 and 3:00. People in Kutum town, about 120 kilometres northwest of El Fasher, reported similar bombardments later this morning.
The El Fasher Resistance Committees said in a statement on its Facebook page that"the warplanes launched air strikes on various parts of El Fasher, on the El Wifag neighbourhood in the north, El Masnaa in the east, and Sharg El Wehda in the south, which led to the destruction of homes and factories, and the displacement of people living in El Wifag".The army also launched airstrikes on Kabkabiya and El Zurug last week. The RSF reported that the bombardments led to civilian casualties.
Mutual shelling last week destroyed the North Darfur Ministry of Livestock offices in El Fasher and injured several displaced people and destroyed homes in thea month later, continue their attempts to seize El Fasher, the last capital of the five Darfur states that remains for a large part under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces .
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