Air strike in Sudan: at least 20 dead

In Sudan, at least 20 people, including women and children, have been killed in a warplane attack in the Dar es Salaam neighborhood of Umdurman, west of the capital.

In the written statement made by the Sudanese army, it was stated that a group of HDK members were killed and their war equipment was destroyed in the operation carried out by the Special Operations Forces in Umdurman.

HDK: AT LEAST 31 PEOPLE KILLED

In the statement made by the HDK, it was noted that at least 31 people were killed and dozens of civilians were injured in the attack carried out by the army in Umdurman.

Fierce clashes broke out between the army and the HDK leader in the morning hours in the capital city of Khartoum, Bahri and Umdurman in the central part of the country.

CRISIS IN SUDAN

The Sudanese army wanted the HDK, which it once supported but considered a threat because it acted as an independent and parallel army, to be fully integrated into the army within 2 years.

The war of words and tension, which began with the HDK’s declaration that it could accept this in a period of about 10 years after civilian rule, turned into an armed conflict between the parties in the capital Khartoum and several cities. in the morning of April. fifteen.

According to the Sudanese Ministry of Health and the United Nations, more than 3,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed and tens of thousands injured in the conflict. In addition, close to 3 million people were displaced inside and outside the country. (AA)