At least 17 killed after drone strikes school in Sudan

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At least 17 people, predominantly schoolgirls, were killed in a drone strike on a secondary school and healthcare centre in the village of Shukeiri in Sudan's White Nile province. The attack has been attributed to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and is part of the ongoing three-year civil war. At least 10 others were wounded in the strike.

Strike in Shukeiri killed schoolgirls, teachers and healthcare workers in latest incident in three-year war At least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces struck a secondary school and a health care centre. At least 10 people were wounded in the strike in the village of Shukeiri in the White Nile province, according to Dr Musa al-Majeri, director of Douiem hospital, the nearest major medical facility to the village. Continue reading...