Over 1,000 Were Killed in Attack on Camp in Darfur, Sudan, U.N. Says
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A United Nations report indicates over 1,000 people died in an April attack on a displaced persons camp in Darfur, Sudan. Many were summarily executed.
A recent United Nations report states that more than 1,000 individuals were killed during an April attack on a camp for displaced people in Darfur, Sudan. The UN human rights body specified that one-third of these deaths involved summary executions.
The updated death toll, released on Thursday, is more than three times the initial estimates for this incident, which is considered one of the most egregious events in Sudan's ongoing civil war.
Volker Türk, who heads the U.N. human rights office, stated that the killings, perpetrated by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (R.S.F.), could be classified as war crimes, specifically murder. The R.S.F. has been engaged in conflict with the Sudanese military for almost three years.
The three-day massacre took place in April when R.S.F. fighters gained control of the Zamzam camp, located in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Zamzam was the largest camp in Sudan, housing an estimated 500,000 people at the time. Most of the camp's residents fled during the attack.
The UN report documented the deaths of 1,013 people, including 319 who were summarily executed. The report also detailed how fighters murdered the entire staff of the camp's largest medical clinic. Furthermore, the R.S.F. fighters allegedly set fire to homes and committed widespread sexual violence.
The United Nations documented 104 cases of sexual assault, involving 75 women, 26 girls, and three boys. The majority of the victims were from the Zaghawa ethnic group.
