...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...Tribune that several mentally disabled individuals have been killed in various areas of Khartoum by soldiers belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), either by shooting or torture.
The fate of dozens of patients in mental hospitals in Khartoum remains unknown after the outbreak of war.
A member of the Khartoum Emergency Rooms, speaking to Sudan Tribune on the condition of anonymity for safety reasons, stated that RSF soldiers killed several mentally disabled people during the initial months of the war. Various committees, activists, and families have buried these individuals in different areas.
Two members of Emergency Committees in Bahri confirmed that more than three mentally disabled people were shot by RSF soldiers. They stressed that the soldiers kill these individuals on sight.
Alim Ahmed, a Bahri resident who fled to South Sudan, witnessed the killing of three mentally disabled people on al-Sayyid Ali Street (Shambat Street) at different times.
Ahmed confirmed that RSF soldiers, who had set up a base near a gas station at the beginning of the road, opened fire on the individuals. He stated that the soldiers justified the killings of some residents by claiming the individuals posed a danger to them.