The bombing in a highly frequented market near the capital of Sudan has filled a body morgue, explains the medical charities without borders (MSF).
MSF and the Sudanese authorities said that the paramilitary forces for rapid support (RSF) were responsible for the attack on Saturday in the city of Omdurman, who killed and injured more than 100 people – an assertion that the RSF has rejected.
The majority of people killed on the market were women and children, according to the Sudanese Doctors’ Union.
The army of the RSF and Sudan was locked in a civil war which, over 22 months, killed tens of thousands and triggered what the UN describes as one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.
In recent weeks, the army has intensified its offensive in Omdurman, which is through the Capital Nile River, Khartoum, aimed at regaining total control of the RSF.
Eyewitness told AFP news agency that Saturday artillery bombings came from West Omdurman, where the RSF remains in control.
The explosion on Saturday caused a “total carnage” to the neighboring hospital of Al Nao, which was overwhelmed by injured patients, said MSF secretary general, Chris Locakyear.
The union of Sudanese doctors called on for doctors nearby to help the hospital, saying that there was an “acute shortage of medical staff”.
He added that a shell fell from “meters” from the hospital on Saturday.
A survivor of the market attack told the AFP news agency: “The shells struck in the middle of the vegetable market, which is why the victims and the injured are so.”
The two parties were accused of having targeted civilians, including health workers and blind bombing of residential areas.
Recent skirmishes have forced emergency intervention rooms to close several health centers, allocating the provision of medical services to thousands of residents.
