Khartoum:
A Sudanese army airplane crashed on Tuesday on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, killing various officers and civilians, the military mentioned, with pro-democracy activists saying no less than 10 individuals have been killed.
In an announcement launched late Tuesday, the Sudanese military, at warfare with the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF) since April 2023, mentioned the airplane crashed throughout takeoff from an air base, killing and injuring each army personnel and civilians.
“The injured have been taken to hospital, and firefighting groups managed to comprise the blaze on the crash web site,” the assertion added.
A army supply had earlier informed AFP {that a} technical malfunction was behind the crash of the Antonov plane.
The crash occurred close to Wadi Seidna air base — one of many military’s largest army hubs in Omdurman, a part of better Khartoum.
The Karari Resistance Committee, a part of a community of volunteers coordinating help throughout Sudan, reported that 10 our bodies and a number of other injured individuals have been dropped at Al-Nao hospital in Omdurman.
Witnesses reported harm to a number of properties within the neighbourhood the place the airplane got here down.
Residents in northern Omdurman reported a loud explosion from the crash, which additionally induced energy outages in a number of surrounding neighbourhoods.
A witness mentioned the airplane was flying southbound from northern Sudan when it crashed close to the bottom.
The incident comes a day after the paramilitary Fast Assist Forces (RSF) claimed accountability for downing a fighter jet in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur.
In an announcement despatched to the media, the RSF mentioned it shot down a Russian-made Ilyushin airplane early on Monday morning, alleging that the airplane was destroyed with its crew on board.
The latest escalation follows important advances by the military in central Sudan and the capital Khartoum in its multi-front offensive towards the RSF.
Since April 2023, military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy and RSF commander Mohamed Hamadan Daglo, as soon as allies, have been locked in a brutal energy battle.
The battle, which has claimed tens of hundreds of lives, erupted after a rift emerged between Burhan and Daglo over the long run construction of the federal government.
The battle has triggered one of many world’s worst humanitarian disasters in latest reminiscence, in response to the UN.
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