RSF forces stormed the hospital and killed everyone inside, Sudan Doctors Network said.
Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday, the UN reports, amid a takeover of the North Darfur capital by Rapid Security Forces (RSF) this week.
The casualties are among the 2,000 people estimated by Sudanese officials to have been killed since the paramilitary group’s takeover of the city on Sunday.
The hospital massacre took place at Saudi Maternity Hospital, per World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who said he was “appalled and deeply shocked” at the massacre. The agency said that it has verified 285 attacks on health care in Sudan, including at least 1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since the beginning of the civil war in 2023.
Sudan’s military has confirmed that it has withdrawn from el-Fasher, the result of an 18-month siege for control of the city. This marks a drastic shift in the war as the city housed the Sudanese military’s last major positions in Darfur.
Sudan Doctors Network said that RSF fighters entered the hospital and killed everyone they found inside, executing patients.
“They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside the Saudi Hospital, including patients, their companions, and anyone else present in the wards.
