El Fasher, May 23(Darfur 24)
The emergency room of Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, announced the death of volunteer Sajida Abdel Mawali, after she was hit by a stray bullet while carrying out her duty at the Southern Hospital in El Fasher.
Two weeks ago, the city of El Fasher witnessed battles amid an exchange of artillery shelling between the army and its allies, the armed movements, against the Rapid Support Forces, in addition to aerial bombardment by warplanes, which caused the deaths of dozens of civilians, and the burning of many citizens’ homes.
The Abu Shouk camp emergency room revealed on its Facebook page that there were casualties among citizens in the camp as a result of the indiscriminate shelling exchanged between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army yesterday, Wednesday, and said that the shelling continues on a daily basis from time to time.
On Wednesday, three women from one family were killed and 6 others were injured following renewed clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in the vicinity of Naivasha camp, north of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.
Eyewitnesses from the Naivasha camp told “Darfur 24” that the clashes between the army, the armed movements allied with it, and the Rapid Support Forces, renewed since ten in the morning after members of the Rapid Support Forces stationed north of the city infiltrated the camp, before taking advantage of the rooftops of houses to record the army’s positions.
Four children were also killed on Wednesday, as a result of an air strike launched by the Sudanese army on the city of Kabkabiya, west of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, according to Darfur 24 sources.
The sources said that on Wednesday, the Sudanese Army Air Force launched air strikes targeting gatherings of the Rapid Support Forces in the city of Kabkabiya, 136 km west of El Fasher, and a number of sites inside the city, resulting in deaths and injuries among civilians.