A drone strike near a market in southern Sudan killed 80 people on Sunday evening, striking commuters who were gathering to catch rides home in one of the deadliest single attacks of the conflict, according to reporting by The Guardian — World.
The attack occurred in the town of al-Dibab, located in Sudan's West Kordofan state. Witnesses reported that a drone struck a local transport hub twice, catching crowds of civilians off guard as they attempted to travel at the end of the day.
Deadly Strike on Transport Hub
The aerial assault hit the transit point adjacent to the market during a busy period on Sunday evening. The vast majority of the 80 victims were commuters waiting for transport to return home, turning the area into a scene of mass casualties.
Witness accounts detailed the immediate aftermath of the double strike, describing widespread destruction at the hub as local residents rushed to assist the wounded and recover the dead amid the wreckage.
Local Impact and Casualties
Ahmed Wadi, a witness at the scene, said the attack in al-Dibab left "50 bodies who I helped bury, one of them my own brother Mohamed".
Residents in the West Kordofan community took on the grim task of identifying the deceased and carrying out rapid burials following the strikes. The high death toll places the incident among the most lethal individual assaults documented in the ongoing Sudanese conflict, which continues to take a severe toll on civilian populations across key regional transit points and populated centers.
