Sudan Massacre: 300 Women Killed by RSF in Just Two Days
(MENAFN) The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) reportedly killed 300 women within the first two days of entering El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, Sudan, according to Sudanese Minister of State for Social Welfare Salma Ishaq, who spoke to media on Saturday.
“The RSF killed 300 women during the first two days of their entry into El-Fasher,” Ishaq said, adding that the victims were “subjected to sexual assaults, violence, and torture.”
Ishaq warned of continued danger along key transit routes, stating, “Anyone leaving El-Fasher toward Tawila (in North Darfur) is at risk, as the El-Fasher–Tawila road has become a road of death.”
She also said, “There are still families in El-Fasher who are being subjected to dragging, torture, humiliation and sexual violence.”
Describing the attacks as deliberate, the minister accused perpetrators of targeting civilians based on ethnicity, stressing, “what happened in El-Fasher is a systematic act of ethnic cleansing, a major crime in which everyone is complicit through their silence.”
The violence escalated after the RSF seized control of El-Fasher on Oct. 26, carrying out what local and international organizations described as “massacres” against civilians. Observers have warned that the assault may deepen Sudan’s ongoing territorial fragmentation.
RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) acknowledged on Wednesday that “violations” had occurred by his forces in El-Fasher, claiming that investigation committees had been formed.
Since April 15, 2023, clashes between the Sudanese army and the RSF have persisted, defying numerous regional and international mediation attempts. The conflict has killed roughly 20,000 people and displaced over 15 million, according to UN and local reports.
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