Explosions and gunfire were heard at Khartoum Airport and the vicinity of the General Command in the capital itself, and the continuing clashes between the two sides prompted Japan to prepare to evacuate its citizens, thus becoming the first country to announce such plans.
Mutual accusation of breaking the truce
The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces issued two statements in which they accused each other of not respecting the ceasefire, and the General Command of the Armed Forces said that it would continue its operations to secure the capital and other areas.
The army accused the support forces of not adhering to the armistice, especially in the vicinity of the General Command of the Armed Forces and Khartoum Airport, where army units carried out sorties to silence the armored forces’ fire in the capital.
The Rapid Support Forces accused the army of deploying the Popular Security and Popular Defense militias and extremist Mujahideen Brigades in residential neighborhoods that forced residents to leave their homes, and bombarded water and electricity supply lines with heavy weapons. This exacerbated the living conditions of citizens, as water and electricity services are linked to many necessary services.
Services interruption
The clashes taking place in Sudan caused an interruption of electricity service in Darfur due to breakdowns resulting from the clashes, while the Sudanese Ministry of Health announced that the Ahmed Qasim Hospital in Khartoum was out of service.
The Sudan Doctors Syndicate said that the People’s Hospital was bombed by air, as the administrative building, the accident building, the water tank, and the nurses’ residence at Ibn Sina University Hospital were damaged, calling for the provision of guarantees from both sides of the conflict to secure the paths and safety of ambulances.
The Syndicate announced that 39 hospitals were out of service in Khartoum and the states adjacent to the areas of clashes, confirming its efforts to launch initiatives to open additional field hospitals.
A state of panic among the people of Khartoum and calls to quell the strife
The fighting between the two sides claimed the lives of at least 270 people, and a state of panic prevailed among the people of Khartoum.
For its part, the Forces for Freedom and Change in Sudan issued a statement on the current events, noting that they are continuing efforts to quell the strife that sparked the war in the country, calling on all local and international forces to unite to address the humanitarian catastrophe that resulted from the outbreak of battles.
