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Sudan – At least 46 people have reportedly been killed and 10 others injured after a Sudanese military plane crashed in a residential neighbourhood in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, state media says.
The Antonov aircraft came down after take-off from the military’s Wadi Seidna air base on Tuesday evening, killing military officers and civilians.
The cause of the crash is unclear, but military sources have been quoted as saying that it was likely to have been a technical malfunction, according to a report by BBC.
The crash came a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – which is at war with the army – said it had downed a fighter jet in South Darfur.
The conflict has devastated large parts of Sudan – including Khartoum and Omdurman – with thousands of people killed and about 12 million displaced.
The health ministry said that emergency teams rushed injured civilians, including children, to a nearby hospital following Tuesday’s plane crash.
A senior army commander in Khartoum was among those killed, Reuters news agency quoted unnamed military sources as saying.
Sudan has been hit by a civil war since April 2023, when the army and the RSF became involved in a vicious power struggle.
The war has split the country, with the army controlling the north and the east while the RSF holds most of the Darfur region in the west and parts of the south.
In recent weeks, the army has retaken parts of Khartoum and surrounding areas from the RSF.
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