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Sudan army drone strike on border market kills 153
The story so farA drone strike on a market in the Abyei border region, which Sudan and South Sudan both dispute, killed at least 153 people according to a local official, after the strike hit a nearby fuel depot and caused a large fire. South Sudanese authorities blame Sudan's army for the drone attack, and the military has been accused of carrying out strikes in the disputed Abyei territory. Sources told one outlet that Sudan army drones hit mourners on a truck heading to a funeral and a market, killing more than 300 people, and that the market was allegedly supplying fuel to the RSF.
Still watching
- Has Sudan's army responded to the accusations that it carried out the drone strikes?
- Did the strike target mourners and a fuel market allegedly supplying the RSF, as one source claims?
- Why do reports differ on the death toll, with at least 153 in some accounts and more than 300 in others?
How it developed
Sudan army drone strike on border market kills 153
- A drone strike on a market in the Abyei border region, which Sudan and South Sudan both dispute, killed at least 153 people according to a local official, after the strike hit a nearby fuel depot and caused a large fire.
- South Sudanese authorities blame Sudan's army for the drone attack, and the military has been accused of carrying out strikes in the disputed Abyei territory.
- Sources told one outlet that Sudan army drones hit mourners on a truck heading to a funeral and a market, killing more than 300 people, and that the market was allegedly supplying fuel to the RSF.
Sudanese army attack on border market kills 53
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