Port Sudan, Nov 21
At least 46 people have been killed in a village in Sudan due to alleged attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and spreading diseases, a medical source and a volunteer group said.
The medical source from a hospital near Wad Ashib village in Gezira State told that "during Tuesday and Wednesday, the hospital received bodies of 21 people who were killed in an RSF attack on the village. The attack was repeated on Wednesday," news agency reported.
Meanwhile, the Nidaa Al-Wasat Platform, a volunteer group monitoring rights violations in central Sudan, said in a statement that the village "has been besieged by the RSF, which prevented medical and food supplies, leading to the death of 25 people so far."
The RSF has not commented on the alleged attacks.
Activists and volunteer groups have been accusing the RSF of carrying out a series of attacks on Gezira since its commander in Sudan, Abu Aqla Keikel, surrendered himself and his forces to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on October 20.
In its latest update, the Gezira Conference, a local non-governmental group monitoring violations in Sudan, said the death toll in Al-Hilaliya city in Gezira, which has been besieged for nearly a month, has risen to 537.