RSF drone strike kills five civilians near Sudan's capital

Sudan's Emergency Lawyers said that five civilians were killed in a drone strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeting a civilian vehicle in the west of the capital Khartoum.

In a statement on Saturday, the group said: "An RSF drone targeted this morning (Saturday) a civilian car on the Jumu'iyyah Road in southern rural Omdurman, coming from the Sheikh al-Siddiq area in White Nile state."

It added that the strike killed all five passengers in the vehicle.

The group said the incident "reflects the continuation of a pattern of attacks targeting civilians on public roads and in populated areas, further worsening the humanitarian situation and expanding risks to civilian life."

It held the RSF fully responsible for "this crime and the resulting loss of civilian lives."

'Flagrant violation'

The statement said the attack constitutes "a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, which requires the protection of civilians and prohibits targeting them under any pretext."

It stressed the principle of distinction between military and civilian targets, adding that "such acts amount to serious crimes that require accountability without impunity."

The rights group called for an immediate halt to indiscriminate attacks on civilians and urged ensuring "full protection for them and securing roads and residential areas to end repeated targeting of innocent lives and reinforce respect for civilian protection rules during conflict."

Now in its fourth year, the war in Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people — with some estimates putting the death toll above 200,000 — displaced millions and triggered one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.

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Source: TRT