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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Samy Magdy

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces shell a besieged Darfur city, killing 24 and wounding 55, group says

A paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military shelled a besieged city in the western region of Darfur, killing at least 24 people, a medical group said Thursday.

The Rapid Support Forces shelled the densely populated areas of the central market and Awlad al-Reef neighborhood in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, which tracks the country’s civil war. The attack wounded 55 people, including five women, it said.

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