The bombs "fell on their homes" in Khartoum, killing five civilians, a Sudanese medical source said AFP, a day after at least 20 civilians were killed in an air strike in the city's southern region.
In the fifth month of the conflict between the army and paramilitary rebels, residents of the war-torn capital claimed that the city was once more pummelling by artillery and rocket fire.
According to a statement from the local resistance group, "the death toll from the aerial bombardment" in southern Khartoum late Saturday "has risen to 20 civilian fatalities". They are one of many volunteer organisations that organised pro-democracy protests in the past and now aid families in need.
Two children were among the victims, according to an earlier statement, and more casualties may have gone unreported, as "their bodies could not be moved to the hospital because they were severely burned or torn to pieces in the bombing".
Around 5,000 people have died since the war between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces broke out on April 15, according to the conservative estimates of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project.
While RSF fighters rule the streets of the capital, the Sudanese Armed Forces have regular airstrikes and control the skies.
According to the UN, over 3.8 million people have been internally displaced by the war, and another million have crossed borders into neighbouring countries.
(Photo: AFP)
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