A French citizen was injured this Sunday in an attack on the French embassy convoy during the withdrawal of its citizens from Sudan, reported the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) paramilitary group.
The Sudanese Army accused the FAR, in a statement, of “attacking the convoy of the French embassy with fire, which caused its return and the interruption of the withdrawal process”, after more than a week trapped by the conflict.
“While the convoy left under the protection of our forces, it was the target of a treacherous attack by the coup forces (Army), while the Rapid Support Forces responded to the attack and shot down the aircraft,” the FAR wrote in its official Twitter account. Twitter. .
Khartoum’s airport is still not operational and land routes from the capital out of the country are long and dangerous, even without the current hostilities, posing additional difficulties and security risks.
According to the most recent count by the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 413 civilians have been killed and 3,551 injured since the start of the conflict in Sudan.
The clashes began a week ago between the armed forces, commanded by the country’s de facto leader since the October 2021 coup, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries. its acronym in English). English), headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”.
Source: TSF
