Khartoum market attack leaves many dead – doctors

Almost 35 people have died when a busy market in Sudan’s capital was attacked with explosive weapons, according to a medical charity.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, called it a massacre and said that over 60 people were injured in the attack.

People living nearby say that a military plane attacked the Qouro market in the south of Khartoum on Sunday.

The military groups that don’t like each other have been fighting since April.

On Sunday, Marie Burton, who coordinates emergency operations for MSF, said that Khartoum has been engaged in a conflict for nearly six months.

However, the people who are helping at Bashair hospital are extremely surprised and feeling swamped with the immense amount of terrible events that happened in the city on Sunday, according to a statement made by her on X, which was previously known as Twitter.

MSF stated that there were new weapons available called “explosive weapons”. They also mentioned that bombings and attacks were still happening, causing a lot of suffering and loss of life.

We are attempting to help those who have lost body parts in the explosion stay alive. MSF said it was a terrible massacre.

Loretta Charles, a medical worker with MSF at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, mentioned that she provided treatment to individuals who had been injured by explosions.

She said that we had severe injuries where body parts were cut off and there were also injuries to the head, chest, and abdomen.

Some people think that around 50 people were killed in the attack.

Sudan started a civil war in April because the army chief and the commander of the paramilitary forces had a disagreement.

Approximately five million people have had to leave their homes forcefully, and thousands of people have died. The fighting in Khartoum and the western part of Darfur has been very bad.

The RSF has a lot of power in Khartoum, Omdurman, and Bahri.

The army has been dropping bombs from planes multiple times to try and take back the cities.

According to activists, a bomb attack from an airplane caused the death of at least 20 individuals, including two kids, around a week ago.

The United States, Saudi Arabia, and other countries have been attempting to help stop the conflict, but they have not been successful.

Many times, there have been announcements of stopping the fighting so that people can run away from it. However, these announcements were not followed and the fighting continued.