(VOVWORLD) - Sudan's army and its rival paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blamed each other for the bombing on Tuesday of the Ethiopian embassy in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
 The troops of Sudan's army patrolled in Port Sudan city on April 16, 2023 (Photo: AFP/ VNA) |
The SAF said in a statement on Tuesday that following the attack on the Ethiopian Embassy, the militia issued a miserable statement in a bid to pin its crime on the armed forces.
The SAF said that since the beginning of the conflict, the armed forces have demonstrated keenness to observe international humanitarian law and ensure the safety of protected objects, including the headquarters of diplomatic missions accredited to Sudan.
The RSF accused the SAF of shelling the Ethiopian embassy headquarters, causing massive destruction to the embassy building, which is located in the Al Amarat neighborhood of Khartoum.
Sudan has been seeing deadly clashes between the SAF and the RSF in Khartoum and other areas since April 15, resulting in at least 3,000 deaths and more than 6,000 injuries, according to figures released by the Sudanese Health Ministry.
According to the latest report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), some 5.3 million people have been displaced inside and outside Sudan.
Over one million people have crossed into neighboring countries, including the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, OCHA said.