(MENAFN) The UN human rights office issued a warning on Friday that atrocities carried out by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the vicinity of El-Fasher and Bara could qualify as "numerous crimes under international law."

"More details are emerging of atrocities committed during and after the fall of El-Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan," spokesperson Seif Magango told reporters in Geneva.

He added, "Since the RSF made a major incursion into the city on Oct. 23, we have received horrendous accounts of summary executions, mass killings, rapes, attacks against humanitarian workers, looting, abductions and forced displacement."

The office suggested that the number of civilians and those rendered hors de combat killed during the RSF offensive "could amount to hundreds."

Among the alleged atrocities are the slayings of patients inside Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital and other temporary medical facilities, as well as the gang-rape of at least 25 women at a shelter near El-Fasher University.

Furthermore, the UN reported that at least two local humanitarian responders were killed, three medical professionals are currently held by the RSF, and serious violations occurred in Bara, including the supposed summary execution of five Red Crescent volunteers.

"These latest reports of serious violations potentially amount to numerous crimes under international law," Magango stated, urging for "independent, prompt, transparent and thorough investigations" and that perpetrators be brought to justice.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk, he mentioned, reaffirmed his appeal to nations with leverage over the conflicting parties to "act urgently to put an end to the violence, halt the flow of arms … and ensure meaningful protection of civilians."

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