El Fasher, June 21(Darfur 24)

Hundreds of families fled the city of Kutum, North Darfur, as a result of air strikes carried out by Sudanese army aircraft on the area.

Sources from the city told “Darfur 24” that the aerial bombardment carried out by the Sudanese army’s warplanes on the city on Wednesday resulted in the killing of (4) civilians and a number of wounded, including children, and the destruction of dozens of homes in a number of the city’s neighborhoods.

The aerial bombardment led to the displacement of hundreds of residents to villages, farms, and neighboring areas, for fear of a repeat of the bombing.

Citizen Muhammad Ismail Muhammad, who lives in the Al-Istiqlal neighborhood, revealed to Darfur 24 that hundreds of people displaced on Thursday morning towards the areas of Ain Siro, Fataberno, Disa, Jurf and Dur, for fear of repeated air attacks after carrying out a number of air strikes during this year.

He said that the number of victims since the start of the bombing was not large, but the death of an entire family on Wednesday caused many families to leave the city in a difficult situation.

He pointed out that there are some families on farms on the outskirts of the city in preparation for the current season, but the presence of armed groups and military aircraft threatens the region with instability and thus the failure of the agricultural season.

Meanwhile, a local official in the Kassab camp for the displaced, who preferred to withhold his name, revealed to “Darfur 24” that the displaced people in the region were subjected to harassment by the Rapid Support Forces, the imposition of random fees on homes, merchants, and farmers, and the threat to farmers not to plant them. He said that 150 families left for Jebel Marra from the city of Kutum after Repeated aerial bombardment.

He warned of a new wave of displacement of displaced people and residents in the city of Kutum towards Jebel Marra if the flights and the armed men’s exploitation of the displaced by imposing fees did not stop, despite the high prices of goods and the lack of liquidity, and the cessation of national and international organizations to provide humanitarian aid to the displaced for nearly 10 months.