Military and health officials said on Wednesday that a military aircraft of Sudan crashed in Omdurman city, killing at least 19 people.
The army said in a brief statement that the Antonov aircraft crashed while flying from the plaintiff Syedna airbase in the north of Omdurman on Tuesday. Omdurman is the sister city of the capital Khartum.
The army said that military personnel and citizens were killed in the accident, but did not say how many people were killed. It did not even say what was the cause of the accident.
However, the Ministry of Health said that at least 19 people have been killed, whose bodies have been transferred to Omdurman’s Now. Five injured citizens including two younger siblings are also admitted to the hospital.
Sudan is in a state of civil war since 2023, when the tension between the army and a notorious paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces had turned into an open war.
According to the United Nations and International Rights Groups, the fight has destroyed urban areas and has encouraged atrocities including gang rape and caste -motivated killings, which are equal to crime against war crime and humanity, especially Darfur In the western region of.
The war has intensified in recent months, and the army is continuously moving against the RSF at Kharatum and other places of the country.
The RSF, which controls most parts of the western region of Darfur, stated that it killed a military aircraft in Nyala, the provincial capital of South Darfur province on Monday.