According to medical professionals, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) heavily artillery shelled a busy market in Sennar on Sunday, killing at least 21 and injuring over 70 more.
After taking over Singa, the capital of Sennar state, in late June, the RSF has been fighting the army to take control of Sennar city.
The major market of the city was the focus of the shelling, according to a statement from the Sudanese Doctors Network, who denounced it as a “massacre” of people.
Witnesses and military sources told local media that the shelling targeted residential areas, a public transportation station, vegetable and fish markets, and may have killed more than 150 people.
The RSF attack was related to airstrikes on RSF locations in Sinjah, Al-Suki, and southern and western Sennar by the Sudanese army.
The paramilitary organization has recently increased its attacks on civilian communities in Sennar, El Fasher in North Darfur, and Omdurman; as a result, many people have died and extensive damage has been caused.