Sudan: atrocities as North Kordofan city falls to RSF

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[7]Summary executions of civilians by fighters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF [8]) are being reported from Bara city, in Sudan's North Kordofan state, after it was captured by the paramilitary army following a major offensive. The victims were apparently accused of supporting the Sudanese Armed Forces. Reports suggest that dozens of civilians have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. A local medical group accused the RSF of piling up the bodies of their victims inside homes in Bara. "Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims’ families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped in their houses while the living are surrounded by fear, hunger, and thirst," the Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement. (Image: Displacement Tracking Matrix [9])

Summary executions of civilians by fighters of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF [8]) are being reported from Bara city, in Sudan's North Kordofan state, after it was captured by the paramilitary army on Oct. 25 following a major offensive. The victims were apparently accused of supporting the Sudanese Armed Forces. Reports suggest that dozens of civilians have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. A local medical group accused the RSF of piling up the bodies of their victims inside homes in Bara. "Dozens of bodies are piled up inside homes after the RSF prevented the victims' families from burying them, leaving the dead trapped in their houses while the living are surrounded by fear, hunger, and thirst," the Sudan Doctors Network said in a statement.

Residents are attempting to flee to El Obeid, the state capital that lies some 100 kilometers to the south. But the RSF appears to be taking its offensive there next. At least 40 people were killed Nov. 5 when a drone hit a funeral gathering at al-Luweib, a village outside El-Obeid. Local authorities blamed the RSF for the attack. (OHCHR [10], IOM [9], AA [11], AfricaNews [12])