Local doctors state RSF killed thirteen people, including women, children

(MENAFN) Thirteen Sudanese civilians were executed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, according to a local medical organization.

The victims included “5 children, 4 women, and 4 elderly individuals,” the Sudan Doctors Network said on social media platform X, describing the incident in the Khazan Qolo area along the El-Fasher-Tawila road as a “horrific massacre” targeting civilians.

The network called the attack “yet another episode in the ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide being perpetrated by the RSF against unarmed civilians in Darfur, in blatant violation of all international and humanitarian laws.”

“The systematic targeting of children, women, and the elderly clearly proves that the RSF is pursuing a deliberate policy of forcibly displacing citizens from their land based on ethnic grounds,” it added.

The organization stated that the assault “constitutes a full-fledged war crime and a crime against humanity, and contradicts the RSF's own calls for civilians to evacuate El-Fasher.” While holding the RSF “fully responsible for these ongoing massacres,” it urged the international community and the UN Security Council “to take immediate action to stop the genocide and ethnic cleansing through urgent measures against the RSF leadership, in response to their continued atrocities in Darfur.”

El-Fasher has been under siege since May, with reports of continued RSF shelling despite calls to safeguard humanitarian corridors. The army and RSF have been engaged in a conflict since April 2023, which has killed more than 20,000 people and displaced 14 million, though research from US universities estimates the death toll at approximately 130,000.

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