Sudanese paramilitary group kills 43 in mosque drone strike, say medics

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit. Picture: Hussein Malla/AP

A Sudanese paramilitary group killed 43 civilians praying inside a mosque early on Friday in the besieged city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, said a local medical group.

The Sudan Doctors Network said on Friday on X that Muslim worshipers, including older people and children, were killed in a drone strike launched by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), calling it a “heinous crime” against unarmed civilians that showed the group’s “blatant disregard for humanitarian and religious values and international law”.