The open market attack by the paramilitary group in Sudan leaves at least 54 dead, and the wounded wounded

Health authorities said on Saturday that an attack on an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by a group of 54 people killed at least 158.

Attack Rapid support forces In the Sabrein market, it was the latest in a series of deadly attacks in the escalating civil war that shattered the northeastern state of Africa.

There was no immediate comment from RSF, which has been fighting the army since April 2023.

Khaled Al -Alisir, Minister of Culture and Government, condemned the attack, saying that the losses include many women and children. He said that the attack caused widespread destruction.

“This criminal act adds to the bloody record of this militia,” he said in a statement. “It is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.”

The Sudan Medical Syndicate said that one mortar shell of up to a meter (yard) from the Naw Hospital, which received most of the market losses. She said that most of the bodies were women and children, adding that the hospital was suffering from a great shortage of medical teams, especially surgeons and nurses.

A video posted on social media by the reporter Nezar Bogdawi from the Saudi -owned Arab TV multiple numbered bags and put them next to each other outside the hospital. The wounded with treatment, some on the hospital floor, included a chest injury, another with a leg injury, and a head with head wounds.

Last week, about 70 people were killed in the RSF attack at the only job hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in the western region of Darfur.

The conflict has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes and let some families eat grass in a desperate attempt to survive Famine sweeps parts of the country.

It was distinguished by Overall atrocities including killing and rape raysAccording to the United Nations and rights groups.

The International Criminal Court said it was investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United States accused RSF and its agents of committing genocide in the war.

In recent months, RSF has suffered from multiple battlefield strikes, giving the army the upper hand in the war. It has lost control of many areas in Khartoum, the sister city of Omndorman, and the eastern and central provinces.

The army also regained control of the city of Wadi Midani, the capital of Jesira Province, and the largest oil refinery in the country.