Feb 16 (Darfur24)The Sudanese army announced today, Friday, that it is currently conducting an investigation into the content of a shocking video that was circulated on social media, in which its members appear mutilating the heads of people after separating them from their bodies, saying that the dead belong to the Rapid Support Forces.
The official spokesman for the army confirmed in a press release that “those involved will be held accountable if the results of the investigation prove that those who raise the heads of the dead belong to the armed forces.” Stressing that the army adheres to the laws and customs of war and rules of conduct during military operations.
On Thursday, the Rapid Support Forces accused members of the Sudanese army and the former regime of killing three people “on an ethnic and regional basis and mutilating their bodies,” and described the incident as “a scene that resembles the criminal behavior of these extremist groups and is contrary to morals, chivalry, religion, and laws.” According to the statement.
For his part, the leader of the Coordination of Democratic Forces “Taqaddum,” Khaled Omar Youssef, denounced the incident, saying on the “X” platform that “the video recordings that spread yesterday of members of the Sudanese Armed Forces bragging about cutting off human heads reveal moral decadence and terrorist behavior that has nothing to do with humanity.” “.
He stressed that “this crime moves the war to another dimension that cannot be contained,” noting that the April 15 war, on its tenth month anniversary, only demonstrated to everyone that there are no limits to its atrocities and no ceiling to its crimes.”