"Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people at a hospital, including patients, after they seized the provincial capital of North Darfur over the weekend, according to the U.N., displaced residents and aid workers, who described harrowing details of the atrocities. The 460 patients and their companions were reportedly killed Tuesday at Saudi Hospital by fighters from the Rapid Support Forces in the city of el-Fasher, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization."
"Sudanese residents and aid workers revealed harrowing details of atrocities by the RSF after it seized the army's last stronghold in Darfur following more than 500 days of siege. Fighters from the RSF "cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside the Saudi Hospital, including patients, their companions, and anyone else present in the wards," according to the Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the war."
Rapid Support Forces seized el-Fasher, North Darfur's provincial capital, and carried out mass killings, including at Saudi Hospital where 460 patients and companions were reportedly killed. Witnesses and aid workers reported house-to-house beatings and shootings, with many civilians, including women and children, dying from gunshot wounds while fleeing. Two years of fighting has killed over 40,000 people and displaced over 14 million, creating a severe humanitarian crisis. The RSF captured the army's last stronghold after a siege exceeding 500 days. Reports and medical groups described indiscriminate and merciless killings by RSF fighters.
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