On September 19, local time, the Sudanese Sovereign Commission issued a statement stating:A mosque in El Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur in western Sudan, was attacked by a Sudanese Rapid Support Forces drone that day, killing at least 70 civiliansThe statement condemns the continued attack by the Rapid Support Forces on civilian and civilian facilities as a serious crime.
Sudan's local organization "El Fasher Resistance Committee Coordination Organization" issued a statement earlier in the day saying that a mosque in El Fasher was attacked that day, killing at least 75 people.
Regarding the attack, the Rapid Support Forces have not yet responded.
On April 15, 2023, armed clashes broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the capital Khartoum, and the fighting subsequently spread to other areas. The armed conflict that lasted for more than two years has killed nearly 30,000 people and displaced more than 12 million people. Darfur is one of the main battlefields of the conflict. Among the five states under the jurisdiction of the region, except North Darfur, the other four states have been controlled by the Rapid Support Forces. Since May 2024, the two sides of the conflict have been fighting continuously over control of El Fasher city. (Headquarters reporter Zhao Yuanfang)