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What the reporting established
Many of the victims were simple merchants, including women who make tea, prepare cooked meals, or sell vegetables or other products for a living. The Darfur Bar Association issued a statement condemning the “massacre committed today by the army aviation in the city of Kabkabiya.” The lawyers added, “The crimes committed by the two parties to the war continue amid complete international silence.” Sheikh Adam Abdelrahman, a community leader in Kabkabiya, told Darfur 24 that local authorities had met last week and decided to close the market, in anticipation that it could be bombed.
no fewer than eighty-six (86) individuals died in the bombing of Kabkabiya on Monday, and dozens more were wounded, including the two children seen in the video above. Videos filmed in the immediate aftermath of the attack (below) showed chaos on the busy market streets as crowds scrambled to locate loved ones and rescue the wounded, amid burning stores, toppled market stalls, and charred bodies.
The attacks follow a year-long pattern of airstrikes against busy markets in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces, which typically are carried out on a set market day, with the apparent deliberate intent of maximizing casualties. On social media, supporters of the Sudanese military boasted about the attacks and justified them, claiming they targeted the “social incubators” of the RSF rebellion.
The Sudanese Air Force killed nearly 200 civilians and wounded hundreds more, including dozens of children and women, in a new wave of attacks targeting busy markets. The latest attacks hit the rural towns of Kabkabiya, Al-Kuma, and Melit, the cities of Nyala and El Fasher, and the Khartoum suburb of Hai Mayo.
Many children and women killed and wounded in new wave of attacks Graphic content warning: This article contains videos depicting scenes of graphic violence. These videos are published for the purpose of documenting war crimes and they may not be suitable for general viewing.
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