Mother and Three Children from the Same Family Killed in SPLM-N Shelling of Kadugli
The Sudan Doctors Network said on Saturday that three children and their mother had been killed in shelling carried out by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) targeting Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State in southern Sudan.
In a statement, the network said the SPLM-N had launched artillery shelling on Kadugli, killing an entire family consisting of a mother and her three children, according to preliminary information.
The network condemned the shelling, stressing that it constituted another violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits attacks on residential areas and civilians. It noted that the killing of the mother and her children reflected the tragic scale of civilian casualties resulting from attacks on residential neighbourhoods in the city.
The network described the indiscriminate shelling of civilians as a condemnable crime and a flagrant violation of international conventions, adding that such attacks further deepen the suffering of residents already facing extremely complex humanitarian and security conditions.