Nyala, May 6( Darfur 24)
Darfur 24 has obtained new information about the attack on Nyala International Airport three days ago, which resulted in the destruction of a cargo plane and the deaths of several people, including foreigners.
An informed source confirmed to Darfur 24 that the attack on Nyala International Airport ked to the deaths of more than 70 Rapid Support Forces soldiers who were on their way to receive medical treatment outside Sudan.
He stated that among the dead were 18 foreigners of European and Arab nationalities who were transported in four-wheel-drive vehicles to Chad. He indicated that the dead had been injured and were receiving treatment at the medical complex before it was decided to transfer them for treatment outside Sudan.
In the same context, two identical sources, one of whom was a military officer, told Darfur 24 that the plane destroyed at the airport had taken off at 11:10 PM en route to Umm Jaras Airport in Chad. It landed again on the runway ten minutes later due to poor weather conditions at Umm Jaras Airport, according to the source. Meanwhile, eyewitnesses from the airport neighborhood, north of Nyala, told Darfur 24 that they witnessed a funeral in the neighborhood for the brother of a senior Rapid Support Forces officer who was killed in the airport attack.
Other eyewitnesses from the Riyadh neighborhood, far north of Nyala, told Darfur 24 that three of the four Rapid Support Forces soldiers were also killed in the airport attack, while a fourth soldier remains missing. Some sources told Darfur 24 that most of the bodies of the dead were charred.
RSF launched a widespread arrest campaign, including arrests of officers and soldiers affiliated with them, following the attack on Nyala Airport.
A source confirmed to Darfur 24 that among those arrested was Colonel Osman Bello, a defector from the Sudanese army. He was detained, along with six of his companions. He was later released, along with four of his companions, while the other two remain in detention on charges of providing coordinates to the Sudanese army. Darfur 24 was unable to verify the veracity of these allegations.