22 killed in air strike on Sudan's Omdurman city: health ministry-Xinhua

22 killed in air strike on Sudan's Omdurman city: health ministry

Source: Xinhua| 2023-07-08 23:22:15|Editor: huaxia

KHARTOUM, July 8 (Xinhua) -- 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.

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.

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