More than 70 civilians, including community leaders, were killed on Friday in a drone strike carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that targeted a mosque in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State.
Eyewitnesses and medical workers told Sudan Tribune they had “recovered more than 70 bodies from the rubble after an RSF drone targeted a mosque in Al-Daraja Al-Oula neighborhood.”
The drone-fired missiles completely destroyed the mosque, which sources attributed to the power of the munitions used.
The Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate said in a statement that at least 43 people were killed inside the mosque during dawn prayers after it was struck by an RSF drone. The victims included elderly men and youth, while others sustained serious injuries and were transferred to medical centers.
The Syndicate described the incident as “a full-fledged war crime” and a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and religious values. It called on the international community, the United Nations, and the African Union to act urgently to stop such attacks, protect civilians, and open humanitarian corridors to deliver food and medicine to the besieged city.
The statement warned that continued international silence would amount to indirect complicity with the perpetrators, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher and putting thousands of lives at risk.
Meanwhile, the Abu Shouk camp emergency committee said at least 20 displaced residents were killed in the mosque attack, including tribal leader Omda Adam Abdullah Sharaf and King Sharif of Dar Sueni, alongside other community figures.
