18 Killed in Aerial Bombardment on Nyala
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A Sudanese human rights group reported that the aerial bombardment carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces on the city of Nyala on Friday resulted in the death of 18 citizens. However, independent media reports raised the number to 39 dead and wounded, while the Rapid Support Forces said the total toll reached 118, including both dead and injured.
The "Darfur Lawyers Association and its Partners" published a list of names of 18 individuals in a statement on Friday, claiming they were killed by the armys bombing of the Riyadh neighborhood in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, including four children and two unidentified persons.
The association condemned "these unjustified criminal acts committed against innocent and defenseless civilians" according to the statement, urging the UN Secretary-General to "alert the UN Security Council to these crimes threatening international peace and security and take immediate action to stop the destructive senseless war."
However, Darfur 24, which reported reaching the sites of the aerial bombardment after it occurred and meeting survivors and victims, counted 19 dead. It stated that the aerial bombardment by the Sudanese armys warplanes on Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, on Friday, led to the killing of 19 civilians, including 14 from one family, and injuring nearly 20 civilians who were evacuated to Nyala Educational and Specialized hospitals, as well as some private hospitals.
The independent news sites correspondent said, "I witnessed the plane that bombed the city among the citizens who saw it dropping barrel bombs on the Riyadh, Mustaqbal, and Sanad neighborhoods, causing extreme terror among the population, especially children and women."
He added that the aerial bombardment targeted the Riyadh, Mustaqbal, and Factories neighborhoods in Nyala city.
Activists shared several videos and photographs showing the remains of dead children, women, and men, as well as significant destruction of several houses targeted by the aerial bombardment.
The bombardment resulted in a shell hitting the home of a citizen named Musa, leading to the death of his wife, his sister-in-law, alongside twelve of his children and his brothers children. Additionally, a shell in the Imam neighborhood Square 21 led to the killing of Professor Ali Ibrahim Khamees and an elderly woman named Fatima, injuring her blind daughter severely, along with others in four completely destroyed houses.
Protesters in Nyala had condemned on the nineteenth of this month the aerial bombardment that the Sudanese Air Force continued to carry out on the city after the Rapid Support Forces seized it on October 26th last year.
For its part, the Rapid Support Forces announced that the aerial bombardment targeting the Riyadh, Khartoum, and Domaia markets resulted in the killing and injury of 118 people, including women and children, and the complete destruction of a large number of houses.
This is the fourth time that the city, which is the second-largest in the country in terms of population, has been subjected to aerial bombardment since the outbreak of the war on April 15, according to the Observatory for Human Rights in Darfur.
For over a month, cities in the Darfur region in the western part of the country have been living in isolation from the world due to the disruption of communication and internet networks. Residents have resorted to limited satellite internet networks available in some cafes and markets, according to the Arab World News Agency.
