Khaberni - Port Sudan forces committed a horrific massacre which left dozens of women and children dead, in a double air raid that targeted a civilian area in the Nuba Mountains.
According to reports, at least 48 people were killed, most of them children and students from the Hakim Health College, and others were seriously injured, making this attack the bloodiest on civilians in the Nuba Mountains since the war erupted in April 2023.
The attack occurred in the village of Komo, located about 10 kilometers east of Kauda, a farming town situated in a broad valley, according to a report by the "Telegraph".
The "Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North" considered that the Port Sudan forces committed this massacre deliberately despite knowing that the target was a group of civilians.
The movement stated in a declaration: "This was not a military target, nor was it an active combat zone... but the raid deliberately targeted civilians," adding that the Burhan forces "have a long history of air attacks on civilians in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur."
It added: "This is not an isolated mistake, nor a misjudgment in the battlefield, it is part of a pattern of systematic violence against communities outside the state's central political and military interests."
Independent sources told the "Telegraph", citing eyewitnesses, that the first attack with a drone caused people to flee from the location before a second raid was conducted minutes later, resulting in the death of the majority of civilians.
Photos said to be from the site of the incident show remains of at least a dozen victims, some bodies were completely charred, seemingly burned inside the buildings, while other bodies, including those of children, were scattered outdoors, some with head injuries and shattered limbs.
Anthony Jamal, the Food Security Coordinator at the Sudanese Relief and Rehabilitation Agency in Nuba, told the "Telegraph" that what happened was "the worst mass killing of innocent civilians" ever in the area.
Johannes Bleet, the CEO of the Coordination Unit for South Kordofan and Blue Nile, a non-governmental organization that accompanied the "Telegraph" earlier this year and organizes aid throughout Nuba, described the raid as "extremely worrying."
He said it was "very accurate and precisely targeted", indicating that "someone must have known that there were a lot of people there."
Bleet added that there are trenches and shelters all over Nuba where civilians take refuge, but he warned that the drones represent "a new danger", unlike previous aerial threats.
He said: "Unlike planes, the sound of drones is barely heard, and by the time one notices their sound, it's too late" he expressed.
