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At least 27 civilians have been killed by Sudanese paramilitary forces following their takeover of a strategic town in central Sudan, according to rights monitoring group Emergency Lawyers.
The group reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), engaged in a brutal conflict with the Sudanese army for more than two years in the ongoing civil war, “arrested dozens of young people and executed over 27, accusing them of collaborating with the army.” The exact death toll has not been independently verified.
In a statement, Emergency Lawyers said the killings occurred in En Nahud, a key transit point in West Kordofan state used by the army to send troops to Darfur in western Sudan. The group also claimed that the RSF had released prisoners from the local prison, “leading to chaos and the collapse of public order.”
The RSF also announced on Friday that it had taken control of El-Khoei, a town located about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of En Nahud. Witnesses reported that army forces had withdrawn to the North Kordofan state capital of El Obeid.
The conflict between the army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the RSF, commanded by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and displaced approximately 13 million people.
