'Get away': One man's account of people struggling to breathe after Sudan chemical attack
It was in early September 2024 that a 50-year-old car salesman was on his way to Shindi, north of the Sudanese capital, when he saw armed men on the side of the road attending to five ailing-looking men lying on the ground. "I was in an area controlled by the army but not far from positions held by the Rapid Support Forces [RSF]," he told The National, referring to the paramilitary force that has…
In early September 2024, a 50-year-old car salesman witnessed a chemical attack in the Al Jaili area of Bahri, north of the Sudanese capital. He saw armed men tending to five ailing-looking men on the ground, as well as heavy gunfire and explosions. The car salesman approached the soldiers, who ordered him to "get away from here as fast as you can."
He waited to see what would happen and later saw a minibus take away the five men. The car salesman believed the men were workers at the nearby Al Jaili oil refinery and surmised they may have been affected by chemical weapons. While his account could not be corroborated by other witnesses, it aligns with known events in Bahri two years prior.
The Sudanese army and its allies were in a military campaign to regain control of the capital, which the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had captured earlier in the civil war. The car salesman learned later that the area was contaminated and that multiple people were affected, including two civilians who died in the hospital due to contamination.
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