"Why Are Markets Being Targeted?" MSF Asks After Nyala Strike
Doctors Without Borders says a crowded market was hit and more than 150 wounded people reached hospital. Its account puts the toll above a separate count from medical sources and witnesses.
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A Sudanese army drone struck a crowded market in Nyala on October 26, killing at least 36 people and wounding more than 150, Doctors Without Borders said.
The medical charity, known as MSF, said Nyala Teaching Hospital received the bodies of 36 people, including 21 wearing civilian clothing. Its teams saw more than 150 wounded patients in the emergency room after the attack, which it placed at about 8 p.m. in the west of the city.
MSF, which supports the hospital, also said a second strike hit a civilian neighbourhood. The attacks put people at risk in places where they buy food and live, in a city that serves as a centre of power for the Rapid Support Forces, the army's opponent in Sudan's war.
Dale Koninckx, MSF's project coordinator, said people at the hospital were asking: "Why are markets being targeted? The places where people need to access food, where a lot of civilians gather?"
The account is developing. Responsibility has not been independently verified, the differing casualty counts have not been reconciled, and the impact of the reported second strike is not known. Neither MSF's statement nor the AFP account carried by Al Jazeera included a response from the Sudanese Armed Forces to the allegation that its drone carried out the attack.
