""WHO is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, following recent attacks and the abduction of health workers." "All attacks on health care must stop immediately and unconditionally," he said, adding, "All patients, health personnel and health facilities must be protected under international humanitarian law.""
"In a statement released Tuesday, the Sudan Doctors' Network said RSF fighters, "cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside the Saudi Hospital, including patients, their companions, and anyone else present in the wards." The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was, "deeply alarmed and profoundly shocked" by reports of "horrifying atrocities and immense suffering to which people from el-Fasher are being subjected.""
"The massacre took place as the RSF took control of the city of el-Fasher after a brutal 18-month siege marked by mass starvation and heavy bombardment. The European Union on Wednesday condemned Sudan's paramilitary RSF after the group captured the strategic city of el-Fasher in North Darfur. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a statement that civilians had been targeted based on ethnicity, underscoring the "brutality" of the RSF."
WHO condemned the killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher and demanded immediate and unconditional protection for health care, patients, personnel and facilities under international humanitarian law. Reports indicate Rapid Support Forces fighters killed patients, companions and others inside the hospital and abducted health workers. The Sudan Doctors' Network described the killings as cold-blooded and the ICRC expressed deep alarm at horrifying atrocities and immense suffering in el-Fasher. The killings occurred after the RSF seized el-Fasher following an 18-month siege marked by mass starvation and heavy bombardment, and the EU condemned ethnic targeting and brutality.
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