The Sudan Founding Alliance, known as TASIS, has accused the Sudanese army of carrying out a deadly drone attack on a gathering of displaced civilians in the New Funj Region.
In a statement issued on Thursday, alliance spokesperson Ahmed Tugud Lisan said drones struck displaced families in the Qoz al-Duhaysh area of Al-Tadamon locality, in the southern countryside of the region.
According to the statement, the attack killed a father and his two children. The children’s mother and two other daughters were critically wounded, while dozens of civilians suffered injuries of varying severity.
Tugud Lisan said the strike targeted families and civilian gatherings far from any military position or objective.
He said the attack came amid growing international criticism of the Sudanese army following allegations that it had used internationally prohibited chemical weapons, describing the latest incident as a blatant disregard for international humanitarian law and established international conventions.
TASIS claimed the strike was part of a systematic policy of targeting civilians, spreading fear and destroying essential means of survival in areas considered relatively safe.
The alliance said the incident could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity and called for international criminal accountability.
TASIS held the army fully responsible for the attack and urged the United Nations, the African Union and regional and international partners to act immediately to ensure those responsible are held accountable and to end impunity.
The alliance added that attacks on civilians would not prevent it from carrying out what it described as its duty to protect and defend civilian communities. It said its forces reserved the right to respond to such attacks in accordance with international law and the right to self-defence.
