El-Fasher attack: Dozens killed in drone strike in besieged Sudan city

El-Fasher has been surrounded by the RSF for 17 months, as residents face hunger and starvation.

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The resistance committee for el-Fasher, made up of local citizens and activists, said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit Dar al-Arqam camp, located within a university, with two drone strikes and eight artillery shells. The RSF has denied it carried out the strike.

"Children, women and the elderly were killed in cold blood, and many were completely burned," a statement from the group said.

Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic as rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble.

Sudan Doctors Network said 57 people were killed in the drone attack, including 17 children, and 17 were injured. Activists said at least 60 people had been killed.