SAA event in Al-Jazira, Wad al-Noura area, Sudan on Wed 5th June 2024

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombarded Wad al-Noura, a farming community in Al-Jazira State, 110 km south of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, killing at least 50 villagers, despite an apparent lack of any combat involving the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF).

The attack took place in the early morning hours on Wednesday, June 5, and the victims were buried in a mass grave later the same day.

A video filmed by an RSF soldier near the village showed many RSF vehicles firing heavy machine guns (Doshkas) and anti-aircraft guns toward the village. The cameraman criticizes the villagers for having flooded the area, making it difficult for the RSF to bring their military vehicles to the village.

Such an act of resistance might have provoked the RSF response.

We geolocated this video to 14.536426, 32.509389, which is 800 meters north of Wad al-Noura, the place where dozens of people were buried the same day.