Scenes from the village of "Wad Al-Noura" in Al-Jazeera State, Sudan, have dominated discussions on social media in recent hours. The serious violations related to armed conflicts, which are committed against individuals or property and considered serious crimes under international humanitarian law, include: intentional killing, torture, inhumane treatment, and deliberately causing severe pain or significant harm to physical integrity or mental health.
After the Sudanese Sovereignty Council confirmed a "massacre" against civilians in that village, harrowing footage of dozens of bodies lined up side by side in preparation for burial was widely shared on social media. Images of the dead circulated amid warnings of a potential war crime. This occurred after the Sovereignty Council accused the Rapid Support Forces, which have been in conflict with the army for about 14 months, of committing a "horrific massacre" against unarmed civilians in Wad Al-Noura, stating that "a large number of innocent lives were lost."
Since this morning, various tweets concerning the human massacre perpetrated by the rebel forces in Wad Al-Noura have been made, with hundreds of martyrs, wounded, and injured reported. An authorized military source was consulted regarding the incident and stated: “They attacked the village; there are martyrs, but not in the numbers that..."
For its part, the Sudanese Congress Party confirmed that more than 100 fatalities resulted from an attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces on the village, accusing the attacking forces of engaging in "widespread looting and pillaging of the possessions and vehicles of the residents."
In contrast, the Rapid Support Forces denied committing any massacres, asserting that they repelled an attempt by the army to assault the village. In a statement released early today, they claimed, "The army gathered a large force in the three largest camps west of Al-Managil, in the village of Wad Al-Noura, intending to attack it in Jabal Awliya in the capital, Khartoum." They also mentioned, “We attacked the camps that included elements from the army, the General Intelligence Service, and the Zubair bin Al-Awwam Battalion affiliated with the Islamists, located in the west, south, and north areas of Wad Al-Noura,” according to their assertions.
