Drone strike kills nine civilians in Sudan's Blue Nile state
The governor of Kurmuk locality blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for the strike on a village, which also left others seriously hurt.
Nine civilians were killed in a drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the southeastern Blue Nile state, Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday.
Abdelaati Elfakey, governor of Kurmuk locality, said in a Facebook post that the strike hit Bani Shako village in the Al-Keili administrative unit.
He said the drones belonged to the RSF and that the attack left several residents badly hurt, though he gave no exact count of the wounded.
Elfakey did not say when the strike took place.
The RSF had made no public response to the accusation at the time of reporting.
The strike comes as the Sudanese army and the RSF, along with its ally, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, have stepped up fighting in Blue Nile near the Ethiopian border.
On Nov. 2, the army said it had beaten back attacks by the RSF and allied fighters in the Bakori and Sali areas, causing heavy losses among the attackers.
The RSF did not immediately respond to those army claims.
Fighting between the army and the RSF has raged since April 2023, and UN and international estimates put the death toll at tens of thousands.
Around 13 million people have been displaced, according to the same estimates, and civilians have been among the main victims of the fighting.
