A Sudanese military plane crashed in the town of Omdurman, killing at the least 19 folks, military and well being officers mentioned on Wednesday (February 26, 2025)
The Antonov plane crashed Tuesday (February 25, 2025) whereas taking off from the Wadi Sayidna air base north of Omdurman, the military mentioned in an announcement. Omdurman is the sister metropolis of the capital, Khartoum.
The military mentioned that armed forces personnel and civilians have been killed in the crash, however didn’t disclose what number of. It didn’t say what precipitated the crash.
The Health Ministry, nevertheless, mentioned at the least 19 folks have been killed, whose our bodies have been transferred to the Nau hospital in Omdurman. The hospital additionally obtained 5 injured civilians, together with two younger siblings.
The Ministry mentioned that the plane crashed over a civilian home in the Karrari district in Omdurman, suggesting that there have been folks useless on the bottom.
Sudan has been in a state of civil battle since 2023 when tensions between the military and a infamous paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open warfare.
The preventing has wrecked city areas and has been marked by atrocities, together with mass rape and ethnically motivated killings, that quantity to battle crimes and crimes towards humanity, particularly in the western area of Darfur, in accordance with the United Nations and worldwide rights teams.
The battle has intensified in current months, with the military making regular advances towards the RSF in Khartoum and elsewhere in the nation.
The RSF, which controls a lot of the western area of Darfur, mentioned that it downed a military plane on Monday in Nyala, the provincial capital of South Darfur province.
Published – February 26, 2025 01:49 pm IST
