Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan’s war
A 27-year-old university student, Sarah was at a crowded fuel station in the city of el-Obeid, on the front line of Sudan’s civil war, when a drone struck without warning. She says the station lit up before everything went dark. “In front of us there were injured people, blood, burnt cars, and smashed cars.” We […] The post Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan’s war appeared first on The Namibian .
A 27-year-old university student, Sarah was at a crowded fuel station in the city of el-Obeid, on the front line of Sudan’s civil war, when a drone struck without warning.
She says the station lit up before everything went dark. “In front of us there were injured people, blood, burnt cars, and smashed cars.”
We have withheld the student’s real name for her safety in a city that is the latest flash-point in the three-year war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sarah told the BBC by phone that she was fortunate to survive the attack, but had sustained injuries.
“I got shrapnel in my leg and hand because I was outside the car when the second missile struck.”
Currently under army control, el-Obeid – the capital of North Kordofan state with a population of around 500,000 – has one of the largest military bases in central Sudan.
