Death toll rises in Sudan conflict

It was reported that 850 civilians were killed in clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (HDK) in Sudan.

According to the Sudanese Doctors Union statement, 850 civilians were killed and 3,394 people injured in clashes between the army and the HDK in the capital Khartoum and other cities. While the army demanded that the HDK, which it once supported but considered a threat because it acted as an independent and parallel army, be fully integrated into the army within 2 years, the HDK announced that it could agree to this in a period that spans Approximately 10 years after civilian rule, war and escalating tension escalated into armed conflict between the parties on the morning of April 15, in the capital Khartoum and several cities.

The HDK was formed as a militia structure to fight rebels, guard borders and ensure security in the Darfur region, bordering Chad to the west, during the tenure of President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in a coup in 2019. The HDK, which joined the Security and Intelligence Organization in 2013 and gradually gained an independent structure, has tens of thousands of members.

Clashes between the parties have been going on for 36 days in several cities, especially in the capital, Khartoum. (AA)