A rescue group says civilians have been ‘killed either by stray bullets or direct executions’ at the camp.Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has attacked a famine-hit camp for displaced people in Darfur, killing at least 40 civilians, according to first responders.The RSF stormed Abu Shouk camp on Monday, opening fire inside homes and on the streets, said the local Emergency Response Room,one of hundreds of volunteer networks providing front-line aid since war erupted between the Sudanese army and the RSF in April 2023.It said more than 40 civilians were killed and at least 19 were wounded in the attack.The rescue group said civilians were “killed either by stray bullets or direct executions” at the camp, located on the northern outskirts of el-Fasher, the last major city in Darfur still held by the Sudanese army.The RSF has laid siege to el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, since May 2024.The local resistance committee, a pro-democracy volunteer group, confirmed the toll of at least 40 killed in Monday’s attack.The group condemned what it called “horrific violations being committed against innocent, unarmed people”.In recent months, el-Fasher and nearby displacement camps have come under renewed RSF attacks after the paramilitary was pushed out of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, by the army in March.A major RSF offensive in April on the Zamzam camp displaced tens of thousands of people, and many so …
