Al-Tina, February 07 (Darfur24)
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said 10 people were killed and 25 others injured in two drone strikes that hit the Sudanese border town of Al-Tina near Chad on Friday.
In a brief statement, the organization said 29 wounded people were transferred to a hospital it supports in the Tine area of eastern Chad. According to MSF, six victims died at the scene, while four others later succumbed to their injuries.
Eyewitnesses and sources said the strikes targeted a gathering of displaced civilians in a valley close to the border.
Abdullah Abu Bakr, an eyewitness, told Darfur24 that a drone bombed the gathering, causing multiple casualties. The injured were transported to Mabrouka Hospital inside Chadian territory. He added that panic spread among displaced families, prompting many to cross into Chad overnight.
A local leader in North Darfur said residents from Al-Tina, Karnoi, and Ambro who had declined to flee into Chad had established temporary shelters outside the towns near water sources, and that these groups were among those hit in Friday’s strikes. He noted that the affected civilians had recently received relief supplies from North Darfur emergency response groups in coordination with Al-Tina volunteers.
The leader described the latest attack as the most intense in recent days, forcing hundreds to flee across the border. Last week, a separate drone strike on a commercial convoy along the Al-Tina–Farouk road northwest of Kutum left four people dead and more than ten injured.
Karnoi, Ambro, and the border town of Al-Tina remain among the last areas in Darfur under Sudanese army and allied joint force control, following the Rapid Support Forces’ takeover of most cities in the region, including Al-Fashir last October.