Nyala, October 25 (Darfur 24) Eyewitnesses from the city of Nyala, the provincial capital of South Darfur state in western Sudan, said that more than 35 civilians have been killed since last Sunday as bloody clashes intensified between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the city.
Yusra Mahmoud from the city of Nyala told Darfur 24 that her friend was killed Tuesday as a result of a shell that killed seven people, including three children, and wounded 11 while they were taking shelter in a concrete house in the Khartoum Baleyal neighborhood at , in the northern part of the city.
Meanwhile, a medical source at the Al-Wahda neighborhood health center, southwest of the city, confirmed that more than 35 injured people had admitted to the health center, some of them in serious condition and requiring urgent surgical intervention.
The source told Darfur 24 that the hospital urgently needs medicines and medical supplies after they ran out medicines and resorted to the buying medical supplies from the black market, revealing that a number of the injured died due to shortage of emergency medicines and “blood thinners” at a time when the price of each medicine reached 20 thousand pounds.
According to a number of eyewitnesses who spoke to Darfur 24, the neighborhoods of Khartoum Belil, Alsad Al Aly , and Al-Kango, north of the city alone, witnessed the killing of more than 24 residents, while more than 7 others were killed in the neighborhoods of Al-Nahda, Al-Darwa, and Al-Salam, west of the city, and more than 6 people were killed in the Al-Jir neighborhood adjacent to the command of the 16th Infantry Division. Nyala.
Since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces last April, the city of Nyala, the largest city in western Sudan, has witnessed fierce battles between the two rival forces, which led to the almost complete destruction of the city, at a time when the Rapid Support Forces are trying to capture headquarters of the 16th Infantry Division, which is considered the western command of the Sudanese army. .
The battles in the city of Nyala are led by the Second RSF Commander, Lieutenant General Abdul Rahim Daglo, who arrived in the city more than two weeks ago.
According to RSF source in the city of Nyala, RSF tightened the siege on army command as a result of the battles taking place in the vicinity of the command since last Sunday.
The source told Darfur 24 that the command was besieged, and the battles in the command wall moved from the four directions in an attempt to end its steadfastness before the start of the expected negotiations. Between the army and the Rapid Support in Jeddah tomorrow, Thursday.
Meanwhile, residents of the city of Nyala said that they saw fighter jets flying on Wednesday evening, but they did not confirm whether raids were launched on the RSF troops besieging the Army headquarters .