Khartoum drone strike kills five Sudan NGO reports
Key takeaways
- The attack, the second in a week, follows months of relative calm in the city after government forces regained control last year.
- The attack, which Emergency Lawyers, an independent legal group supporting victims of human rights violations in Sudan, reported on Saturday, is the second to take place in the capital within a week.
- The NGO said it holds the RSF fully responsible for the strike, accusing the group of breaching international humanitarian law.
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The attack, the second in a week, follows months of relative calm in the city after government forces regained control last year.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Large plumes of smoke and fire rising from fuel depot after what military sources say was a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone attack in Port Sudan targeting fuel storage facilities on Sudan May 5, 2025. [FILE: Sudan Ministry Of Energy And Petroleum/Reuters]By Daniel Tari and AFPPublished On 2 May 20262 May 2026A drone strike carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed five civilians in Khartoum, according to an NGO.
The attack, which Emergency Lawyers, an independent legal group supporting victims of human rights violations in Sudan, reported on Saturday, is the second to take place in the capital within a week. It follows months of relative calm in the city after government forces regained control last year.