Update Over 60 civilians killed in RSF drone strikes in W. Sudan: volunteer group

Khartoum: More than 60 civilians were killed on Saturday in drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan s city of El...

Khartoum: More than 60 civilians were killed on Saturday in drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in western Sudan's city of El Fasher, according to the latest update by a volunteer group.

The Coordination of Resistance Committees in El Fasher said in a statement that the Dar Al-Arqam Shelter was targeted "with a strategic drone and more than eight incendiary bombs, leaving bodies scattered in a scene beyond description."

Earlier in the day, a medical source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that the RSF "launched systematic drone strikes on the Dar Al-Arqam Shelter and Omdurman Islamic University" in the morning, killing "more than 30 civilians," including children, women, and elderly people, apart from dozens of injuries. The bodies of the dead were brought to the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, the source added.

An eyewitness told Xinhua the drone strikes directly hit the Dar Al-Arqam Shelter in southern El Fasher, leaving some people "burned to death inside the shelter."

So far, the RSF has not commented on the incident.