KHARTOUM: At least 18 civilians were killed and 31 others injured in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on areas in the North Kordofan State in western Sudan, volunteers group said.
"The RSF committed a horrific atrocity in the Shaq Al-Noum area of North Kordofan State, killing 11 civilians, including three children, and injuring 31 others, among them nine women, " the Sudanese Doctors Network, a volunteer group, said in a statement.
The network described the attack as "a brutal assault that violates all humanitarian norms and international conventions, " saying that it reflects the RSF's ongoing pattern of targeting unarmed civilians and spreading fear in previously safe areas, Xinhua news agency reported.