“A drone attack by the Sudanese paramilitary forces hit a kindergarten in south-central Sudan, killing 50 people, including 33 children,” reports the Associated Press. Then it returned to kill paramedics at the scene:
Paramedics on the scene in the town of Kalogi in South Kordofan state were targeted in “a second unexpected attack,” Sudan Doctors’ Network said in a statement late Friday…“a third civilian site near the previous two” was also attacked.
The group condemned the attack, blaming the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, for the strikes, calling them “a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians, especially children, and vital civilian infrastructure.”
The death toll is expected to be higher, but communication blackouts in the area have made it difficult to report casualties.
Earlier, the RSF slaughtered the 460 people in a maternity hospital after seizing the city of el-Fasher, and killed tens of thousands of people in the city. So many civilians were slaughtered that pools of blood were visible from outer space. The city “was captured by the RSF” on after “an 18-month siege marked by starvation and heavy bombardment.” The United Nations says it was “appalled and deeply shocked” by the RSF’s killing of hundreds of patients and their companions at the hospital.
“Malnourished and dehydrated people are crawling through the desert on their elbows and knees in constant terror of being caught by fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),” reported NBC.
Earlier, the RSF militia deliberately shelled a hospital and maternity ward, killing many there. “Dozens of people were killed in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher” when the RSF “fired a missile into a mosque during morning prayers,” reported the New York Times.
In January, the U.S. State Department formally declared that the Rapid Support Forces are committing genocide in Sudan.
