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Projectile event in Khartoum, Khartoum area, Sudan on Thu 31st August 2023

31st August 2023

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The Rapid Support Forces said that they were able to destroy the Special Forces camp in the Markhiyat area of ​​Omdurman in a qualitative operation on Thursday. While the army continued artillery shelling of targets in different areas of Khartoum.

The Rapid Support Forces indicated in a statement on Thursday that Operation Markhiyat resulted in the deaths of hundreds and the escape of the remaining soldiers.

For his part, Armed Forces spokesman, Brigadier General Nabil Abdullah, accused the Rapid Support Forces of attacking citizens in Umbada and Sulaymaniyah in Jabal Awliya on Wednesday.

 Citizens revealed that the army bombed targets in the eastern Nile on Wednesday evening and fired 12 shells, some of which fell inside residential neighborhoods.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that one person was killed and two others were injured as a result of an exchange of shelling between the army and the Rapid Support Forces in the eastern Nile.

For its part, the Al-Khojlab Resistance Committees in Bahri accused the Rapid Support Forces of killing two people from the neighborhood and wounding three others. While the emergency room south of the belt indicated to hear the sounds of artillery being used for the first time.

Meanwhile, the influx of displaced people from Khartoum State continues towards the White Nile State to search for safety, while the conditions of the displaced in the White Nile are deteriorating as a result of the scarcity of humanitarian aid provided by humanitarian organizations.

Dr. Salah Hashem told Radio Dabanga that the number of displaced people from Khartoum State towards White Nile State is increasing, stressing the deteriorating humanitarian situation.

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Khartoum ( Khartoum area )

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