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2024-07-29 Africa Horn
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Dozens killed in RSF attack on El Fasher, chemical weapons use alleged
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] At least 25 people were killed and dozens maimed in an artillery and drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the capital of North Darfur on Saturday, the regional government said, accusing the paramilitary group of using chemical weapons
...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented...
The RSF, which has been battling the army since April, launched an offensive on El Fasher in May but was repelled by the army and allied militias. The fighting has killed over 1,000 people and displaced more than 500,000 in the city.
"At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 injured," Ibrahim Khatir, Director General of the North Darfur Health Ministry, told Sudan
 ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
Tribune. He said the injuries observed at the hospital suggested the use of chemical weapons, a claim that could not be independently verified.
Government officials accused the RSF of targeting civilian areas with heavy weaponry. The RSF has previously denied such accusations.
Khatir said he expected the corpse count to rise as some of the injured had not yet reached hospitals.
Local resistance committees reported the corpse count from the RSF shelling in El Fasher has risen to 97, including both fatalities and injuries.
The Saudi Hospital, already grappling with severe medicine shortages, was overwhelmed with casualties, some bearing first-degree burns consistent with incendiary weapons.
A medical source at the Saudi Hospital, speaking anonymously, suggested to Sudan Tribune that the RSF may have deployed internationally banned weapons. They noted that nine of the maimed sustained first-degree burns. 
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