Over 1 000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudans Darfur in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, according to a report by the United Nations Human Rights Office UNHRO.
For months before the April 11-13 assault, the Rapid Support Forces RSF blocked entry of food and supplies to the Zamzam camp in Sudans western region of Darfur housing nearly half a million people displaced by civil war, according to the UN report.
During the takeover, the RSF directed attacks against civilians, the UN report said, and survivors reported widespread killings, rape, torture and abductions, with at least 319 people executed in the camp or as they tried to flee.
