North Darfur: Rhino – A number of civilians were killed and others wounded on Monday as a result of an airstrike carried out by a Sudanese army drone on the Ghirir desert in the Katum locality of North Darfur, according to eyewitnesses and local sources who spoke to the press.

“Darfur24” news website quoted a local community leader in North Darfur as saying that a drone carried out airstrikes on the Ghirir desert, resulting in civilian deaths, including children and women, while a number of the wounded were transported to the city of Kutum. He revealed that there has been intense drone activity in North Darfur for over a month, leading to the closure of several weekly markets in rural areas.

The website quoted Mustafa Jamal al-Din, a local resident, as saying that the bombing of the Ghirir desert on Monday morning was the most intense, with the drone firing more than 10 missiles at scattered homes in the desert. He explained that the victims were children and women, and that a settlement west of the desert and areas of Bir Mazza were also targeted.