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Twelve civilians, including four children, were killed and 27 others were injured in an artillery shelling that targeted an area near Bashair Teaching Hospital south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced yesterday.
The international organisation said in a statement the shelling took place just one kilometre from Bashair Teaching Hospital, where MSF staff work.
According to the statement: “39 people were brought to the hospital. 12 were already dead, including four children. 11 other children were among those who arrived with burn injuries.”
It pointed out that “civilians on both sides of the front lines are paying the price of this war.”
In Omdurman, MSF teams reported dozens of war wounded patients were also treated yesterday. Civilians on both sides of the frontlines are paying the price for this war.
— MSF Sudan (@MSF_Sudan) October 23, 2024
“It is shameful that civilians and children are facing this terrible suffering,” MSF’s Emergency Coordinator, Claire San Filippo, said.
She stressed that “shelling near health facilities puts patients, staff and health care at risk,” and “civilians and health facilities must be kept away from all that is happening.”
Khartoum and several areas in the country have witnessed violent clashes in recent days, with the army’s operations expanding and attacking areas held by the Rapid Support Forces.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health in Khartoum State accused the RSF of bombing residential neighbourhoods in the city of Omdurman, west of the capital, which led to the death of one girl and the injury of 17 others.
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