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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Townsend

Evidence of torture found as detention centre and mass grave discovered outside Khartoum

A brick building with bullet holes in the walls and signs of a blast near the door. Scraps of clothing and shoes lie on the ground outside
What is believed to be a torture centre was discovered near mass graves at an RSF military base about 40 miles north of Khartoum in Sudan. Photograph: Mark Townsend/The Guardian

More than 500 people may have been tortured or starved to death and then buried in a secret mass grave north of Khartoum, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.

A visit to a base belonging to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shortly after it was retaken by the Sudanese military found a previously unknown detention centre, with manacles hanging from doors, apparent punishment chambers and bloodstains on the floor. Accounts from people held at the detention centre describe being repeatedly tortured by their captors.

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