| 2024 Darfur market airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Sudanese civil war (2023–present) | |
| Location | Kabkabiya, Sudan |
| Date | 10 December 2024 |
| Deaths | 100+ |
| Perpetrator |  Sudanese Armed Forces (denied responsibility) |
On 10 December 2024, an airstrike at a market in Kabkabiya in northern Darfur, killing at least 100 people. [1] [2] The Sudanese military was accused of conducting the strike although they denied responsibility. [3]
Many residents from nearby towns were at the market when the strike occurred. A pro-democracy lawyers' group claimed more than 100 people died in the town of Kabkabiya District while Emergency Lawyers said hundreds of others were wounded. They accused the Sudanese army for conducting the strike but the army said these were false accusations by pro-Rapid Support Forces political groups. [4]
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