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Deadly Sudan drone strike targets funeral procession

A drone strike on a funeral procession in el-Obeid, Sudan, has resulted in at least four deaths and several injuries, according to the Sudan Doctors Network and Emergency Lawyers. Both rights groups attribute the attack to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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Deadly Sudan drone strike targets funeral procession
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A drone strike on a funeral procession in el-Obeid, Sudan, has resulted in at least four deaths and several injuries, according to the Sudan Doctors Network and Emergency Lawyers. Both rights groups attribute the attack to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This incident is reportedly part of a series of drone strikes that began Wednesday evening, with Emergency Lawyers stating at least 23 people have died in total. The RSF has not yet commented on the allegations. El-Obeid, a city on the civil war's front line and currently held by the army, has also seen drone strikes on residential areas and near an army base, killing thirteen additional civilians. The ongoing conflict has led to a severe humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

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More than 11 million people have been forced from their homes due to the fighting.

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El-Obeid is a key battleground in Sudan's civil war.

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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are blamed for the attack.

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A drone strike on a funeral procession in el-Obeid killed at least four people and injured several others.

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At least 23 people have died in a series of drone strikes that started on Wednesday evening.

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A drone strike on a funeral procession at a cemetery in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid has killed at least four people and injured several others, two rights groups, Sudan-doctors-network" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="2002" data-entity-type="organization">Sudan Doctors Network and Emergency Lawyers, have said.Both groups blame the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the attack. Emergency Lawyers said it was part of a series of drone strikes that started on Wednesday evening in which at least 23 people have died in all.The RSF has not commented.el-Obeid, currently in the hands of the army, is a key battleground in Sudan's three-year civil war which began after the leaders of the army and RSF fell out over the future direction of the country.The fighting has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than 11 million people forced from their homes and 28 million facing acute hunger. There are no reliable figures for the death toll, but it is thought to be at least 50,000.In addition to the attack on the cemetery, Emergency Lawyers said that drones struck homes in a residential neighbourhood, the airport district and areas surrounding an army base. Thirteen civilians were killed, the group said, as civilians gathered near destroyed houses.
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