RSF Drones Strike Power Stations in Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad

 

Drones operated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia struck the ‎Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad power stations in northern Sudan on ‎Sunday, putting both facilities out of service.‎

Government sources in Abu Hamad locality told Sudan Tribune that a ‎drone targeted the Abu Hamad transformer station in River Nile State. ‎The attack also hit an old thermal power station that is no longer ‎operational but previously supplied electricity to the town. The strikes ‎caused power outages in Abu Hamad and surrounding villages.‎

In Northern State, local sources told Sudan Tribune that a drone struck ‎the transformer station in Al-Dabbah locality, putting it out of service ‎and cutting electricity to the town and its villages.‎

The attacks also targeted military facilities in the town, as well as fuel ‎stations in Al-Multaga area, about 25 kilometres south-east of Al-‎Dabbah. A woman was killed near one of the fuel stations that came ‎under attack.‎

Sudan Tribune noted that RSF drones had struck 14 power stations ‎over a two-week period across the states of Red Sea, Al-Gadharef, ‎River Nile, Northern, Khartoum, Al-Gezira, Sennar, White Nile and ‎South Kordofan.‎