``Loot everything``.. Shocking testimonies from inside Sudans Al Jazeera
Agencies - Moatinoon
Rapid support personnel looted "everything" in Al-Aykoura, central Sudan, according to a village resident, as these forces advanced to the south and opened new fronts in the months-long war with the army.
The source explains to AFP that "RSF personnel looted everything: cars, trade carriages and tractors", refusing to identify him for fear of retaliation by these forces advancing to the south of the country.
In the same state, the situation in Al-Husahissa city is no different 50 km north of the city of Wade Madani State Centre.
Abidin, whose first name was simply for the same reasons, said: "Saturday he knocked on the door of the house by seven individuals dressed in RSF uniforms with machine guns and asked about a car that an acquaintance had placed in our house after he had successfully taken it out of Khartoum." "They took it at gunpoint."
The bloody fighting that erupted in mid-April between the Sudanese army led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalos Rapid Support Forces (RSF) "Hemeti" prompted nearly 500 thousand people to be displaced from Khartoum to Al Jazeera State, which remained free from conflict.
More than 10 days ago, however, the support forces, which control most of the Sudanese capital, advanced on the Khartoum-Wade Madani highway and took control of village after village.
On December 15, the RSF attacked a civilian delegation, prompting 300 thousand people to relocate to other areas of Al Jazeera State or to neighbouring states such as Sinar and Al-Qadarif, according to the United Nations.
On Saturday, support forces were 15 km north of Sennar, according to witnesses from AFP.
Looting of markets and indiscriminate shooting
Witnesses added that "warplanes bombed RSF gatherings north of Sennar, causing terror among the population."
The army is the only one among the parties to the conflict with air forces. In contrast, RSF prefers to operate through light and mobile units that move around using pickup trucks with heavy machine guns.
Where the RSF passes through, women and girls are terrified of being subjected to "sexual violence", a frequent threat in this war, according to Save the Childern. In Al-Hasahissa market, an AFP journalist saw the doors of the shops open and the goods scattered.
Omar Hussein, 42, whose family owns shops in the market, said: "Did the RSF come to fight us as citizens or to fight the army?" He confirmed that his family had lost all trade "after their shops and cars were looted."
In Tempul Market, one of the most important trading markets in eastern Island State, RSF "stormed the market firing indiscriminately", according to witnesses.
