Sudan: Army Air Strikes Kill 23 in Khartoum Market
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The Facts
It has been reported that a military airstrike around a market within the country's capital of Khartoum killed at least 23 people and injured over 40 others on Sunday.Volunteer rescuers in Sudan reported on Sunday that at least 23 people were killed and 40 others were injured — some in critical condition — as the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) carried out an airstrike on a market in the capital, Khartoum, the previous day.
Mohamad Kandisha, a spokesperson for the Southern Belt's response room, claimed that bombing "caused massive destruction that affected a large number of high-rise buildings" around the market area.According to a spokesman for the Nobel Prize-nominated rescue network Emergency Response Rooms, the bombing "caused massive destruction" around the market area. Trades, shoppers and local residents were among the casualties.
The Spin
The continued destruction of Khartoum by both the RSF and the SAF is a reminder of the wanton disregard by the country's elite for Sudan historical and cultural center. There must be hope that, in time, once the dust has settled and the conflict is over that a new generation of leadership will break through, seeking to unite rather than destroy the country's very foundations.
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