KHARTOUM, September 12, 2023—Recent horrific attacks in residential areas of Khartoum, Sudan, have resulted in some of the city’s highest death tolls since the conflict between rival armed forces began nearly five months ago, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
On September 10, an explosion in Khartoum's Gorro market killed 43 people and wounded more than 60 people who were treated at Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum, where MSF teams are working.
"The horror of the day was overwhelming," said Marie Burton, MSF emergency coordinator in Khartoum. "For hours, dozens of bodies lay under sheets in the hospital’s courtyard until families came to identify their lost loved ones. And in the meantime, our staff tried their best to save the lives of the survivors, whose wounds were testament to the incredible power of the weaponry used: body parts torn off, abdomens ripped open. Even though this war has been going on for nearly five months, the Sudanese volunteers on whom the hospital relies are still shocked by what they witnessed."
