At least 22 people were killed in a massive air strike on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

Saturday’s airstrikes were among the deadliest airstrikes the country has experienced in more than three months of a virtual civil war between two rival generals and their factions. according to to AP. Although unconfirmed, the Associated Press reported that regular forces likely launched an attack against militia fighters known as the Rapid Support Force (RSF).

The Sudanese regular army has been fighting the RSF since mid-April, according to the Associated Press.

Sudan’s health ministry on Saturday uploaded footage of the chaotic aftermath of the airstrike to social media, according to the Associated Press. According to the Associated Press, footage shows bodies strewn across the ground covered in sheeting and bystanders trying to remove others from the rubble. (Related: US Sudan embassy evacuated as violence escalates)

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According to the Associated Press, footage showed other bystanders trying to help the injured, and people were heard crying.

Fighting between rival factions erupted about 18 months after the military overthrew the Western-backed caretaker government in a coup in October 2021, according to the Associated Press.

The Associated Press reported that the RSF blamed the military for the airstrikes that hit the Dar es Salaam district of Omdurman, a city bordering Sudan’s capital Khartoum. The area has seen heavy fighting recently because it serves as a vital supply route for RSF fighters, according to the Associated Press.

“The area is like hell… there is 24-hour fighting and people are stuck in it,” said one local resident, according to the Associated Press. The attack was one of the deadliest single attacks since the conflict began, according to the Associated Press.

At least 3,000 people have died in the conflict last month, according to the Associated Press. The violence has displaced 1.2 million Sudanese civilians as of early June. according to According to United Nations estimates.

Reports of rampant sexual violence by RSF fighters also originate from conflict zones, according to the Associated Press. Other reports show widespread looting and illegal property destruction, according to the Associated Press.

When the conflict erupted in April 2023, the Biden administration left thousands of Americans behind in Sudan after being evacuated from the U.S. Embassy in Sudan.

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