Amid the escalating violence in the Sudan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that Rapid Support Force (RSF) militants have murdered some 460 people over the weekend.
The reports came after paramilitaries gained control of North Darfur, triggering another intense phase of escalation in the war-torn country. In a statement, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "The WHO is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, following recent attacks and the abduction of health workers."
"All attacks on healthcaremust stop immediately and unconditionally," he said, adding, "All patients, health personnel and health facilities must be protected under international humanitarian law." In an official statement, Sudan Doctors’ Network said “RSF militants carried out a massacre, in which they killed 460 people, including patients, their companions and anyone they spotted in the hospital compound.”
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was "deeply alarmed and profoundly shocked" by reports of "horrifying atrocities and immense suffering to which people from el-Fashar are being subjected." The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said in a statement that civilians had been targeted based on ethnicity, highlighting the brutality of the RSF.
The RSF, a militant organisation seeking reunification of the Sudan, is led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who said in a social media post that Sudan would be unified; however, attacks on civilians on Wednesday have cast doubts on his intentions.
His actions contradict his words; while he claims to unify the nation, he butchers the civilians in what the WHO described as cold-blooded murder of patients. While the group has apologised for the massacre, no action was taken against the members involved, justifying the brutal attack.
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