A man walks through rubble by a bullet-riddled fence with barbed-wire, in the aftermath of clashes and bombardment in the Ombada suburb on the western outskirts of Omdurman, the twin-city of Sudan's capital, on July 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)
KHARTOUM – At least 22 people were killed on Saturday in an air strike in Sudan's Omdurman city, according to Khartoum State's Health Ministry.
"The air strike in Dar al-Salam al-Amriya area, west of Omdurman, at dawn today (Saturday) killed 22 citizens and left a large number of others wounded," the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
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The Sudanese Army has not yet commented on the incident. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces condemned in a statement what it called "the systematic bombing by planes" on Saturday morning on citizens in a number of residential neighborhoods west of Omdurman.
