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At least 460 people have been killed in Al Fashar Sudan After the Rapid Support Force (RSF) paramilitary group launched an attack on the city’s last functioning hospital.
The Saudi maternity hospital remained operational amid supply shortages and repeated heavy shelling, becoming the site of bloodshed after serving as a last refuge for vulnerable patients.
Reports from the field suggest more than 2,000 people have been killed in the past 48 hours after the group captured the city following an 18-month siege. Footage circulating online shows a child soldier killing an adult man.
There has been widespread condemnation of the massacre after analysis by the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab showed horrific satellite images from space showing huge pools of blood and human bodies in the sand.
World Health Organization has said it is “deeply shocked” and “shocked” by the incident. According to the humanitarian organization, six health workers, a nurse and a pharmacist were abducted from the hospital on Tuesday.
“The same day, more than 460 patients and their companions were reportedly shot dead at the hospital,” it said.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for health facilities, health workers and patients to be protected under international law.
This marks a new escalation in the conflict, which has been ongoing between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF since April 2023. The war has caused destruction and displacement across the region, and there are reports of atrocities. According to agencies, famine and disease are widespread.
Witnesses told the Associated Foreign Press that RSF fighters vandalized individual homes, beating and shooting people, including women and children.
According to the United Nations, more than 40 percent of the population – 24 million people – are food insecure. More than four million people have fled to neighboring countries Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic.
AndThe top relief official called on the Security Council to act with “urgent and strong action” to stop atrocities, ensure safe humanitarian access and stem the flow of weapons that fuel the war.
“I urge colleagues to study the latest satellite imagery of El Fasher; blood on the sand. And I urge colleagues to study the world’s continued failure to stop it. Blood on the hands.”