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Missile event in Khartoum, Khartoum area, Sudan on Thu 7th September 2023

7th September 2023

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Yesterday, Thursday, Sudanese army forces carried out pre-emptive strikes on the Rapid Support militias and targeted a movement by the Muhammad Saghiroon group, killing dozens and destroying a number of vehicles.

As a result of yesterday's operations, the field commander, Colonel Muammar Idris, was killed in an air strike near the International Hospital.

One of the submarines was also killed in Ambada, the first lane, and a truck and box were destroyed.

As a result of the successive strikes, a number of Rapid Support bases withdrew from several neighborhoods in the capital as a result of the bad psychological state they were in due to their senior leaders.

3 vehicles were destroyed, dozens were killed, and a mortar used to hit citizens was destroyed.

On the other hand, yesterday, Thursday, the militias robbed the house of the rebel Ob Aqla Kikal in Al-Safiya, in an incident that shows the great confusion that the militias are experiencing.

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