British nationals stranded in Sudan have spoken of their fears after their relatives were killed and wounded in the conflict.
As Britain’s first civilian evacuation flight took off from a rough airfield north of Khartoum on Tuesday afternoon, some UK citizens said they remained trapped in the country.
A British doctor based in London told how her 67-year-old father, a retired doctor who worked for the NHS for more than 30 years, remains in Sudan after being shot in the thigh.
The woman, who gave her name as Dr A to protect her family, said her father had been visiting his 87-year-old mother for Ramadan when gunfire, shelling and airstrikes raged across Khartoum in a fierce fight for power between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Dr A said her father drove across the city at dawn to pick up his mother to move her to a safer part of the city when his car came under fire and he was shot by the RSF.
The 35-year-old said her father has now made the difficult decision to stay in Sudan because he has been told that his mother, who is not a British citizen, is not allowed on an evacuation flight.
Only British passport holders and their immediate family with existing UK entry clearance are eligible, the government has said.
