The 2023 war in Sudan began on April 15, 2023, after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attempted to overthrow the Sudanese government led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The coup attempt plunged the Sudanese capital Khartoum and its two sister cities, Omdurman and Bahri, into grueling urban warfare.
[3] The dead and injured were ushed to Bashaer Governmental Teaching Hospital, one of few left open in the city.
[5] The toll later rose to 18[6] to 27[1] killed, with doctors claiming it could go higher due to lack of medical services.
The following day, local emergency rooms reported further shelling in the area, with five killed and twenty-six injured.