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Khartoum governor says paramilitary shelling kills 65

AFP , Tuesday 10 Dec 2024

Paramilitary shelling of the Sudanese city of Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killed at least 65 people and wounded hundreds, the state's army-aligned governor said on Tuesday.

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A single shell on a passenger bus "killed everyone on board and turned 22 people into body parts," Khartoum governor Ahmed Othman Hamza said in a statement.

He called the attack a "massacre" by the "terrorist militia", referring to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the army since April 2023.

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