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Symbolic image: Rights group blames Egypt for air strike that killed at least 72 miners in SudanSymbolic image

Rights group blames Egypt for air strike that killed at least 72 miners in Sudan

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A Sudanese rights group says Egyptian jets killed at least 72 miners at a gold mine near the border on Saturday. Egypt has not commented, and the toll cannot be independently verified.

Emergency Lawyers, a Khartoum-based group that documents abuses in Sudan's war, said Egyptian fighter jets hit civilian miners inside Sudanese territory on Saturday, 10 October. Two survivors told AFP that a jet fired five times at the mine around 8 pm while thousands were working there. People fled in different directions, so nobody knows the full toll, they said. Both reported seeing bodies as they escaped, and more victims are feared under the rubble.

Second strike this year

Similar strikes in June, also attributed to Egypt, killed 23 workers in the Jabal al-Uqaydat area. The Egyptian army then said it had run a large-scale operation inside Egyptian territory against illegal gold mining and detained 223 people, 136 of them foreign nationals. Both countries claim the Halaib Triangle.

Tolls differ widely

The Sudan Doctors Network gave an initial count of 13 dead and 28 injured, as reported by Telesur. The RSF-led Tasis alliance claimed more than 200 dead.

Other opinions

Venezuela's Telesur dates the strike to Sunday and cites an Egyptian military source who told EFE that the air force bombed a group that had crossed into Egypt after being warned. Emergency Lawyers says the strike hit Sudanese territory.

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