Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan targets aerial bombardment

Charitable Medical Doctors without limits Saturday said that its facility is far away from South Sudan He was targeted in an air strike that led to some injuries.

The hospital is located in a northern town known as Old Fangak.

Doctors Without Borders, known for its first French letters, MSF, issued a statement of X condemning the attack on its hospital, which is said to be the only source of medical care for 40,000 residents, including many people displaced due to floods.

The head of the MSF mission described the attack as “a clear violation of international humanitarian law.”

It was not immediately evident that the facility was targeted, apparently by government forces. A spokesman for the South Sudan Army cannot be reached for suspension.

A spokesman for the MSF said that their hospital in Old Fangak was injured by air strikes shortly from four in the morning local time on Saturday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the press.

The attack caused severe damage to the hospital pharmacy, which destroyed all medical supplies. There was no final word on losses.

But the Vangak County Commissioner, Bill Potos Bell, told AP that at least four people were killed in the air attack, including a 9 -month -old child. He added that at least 25 people were injured, although the evaluation of the damage was continuing.

Additional strikes occurred hours after the old Vangak market, causing widespread panic and displacement of civilians, according to many eyewitnesses.

Old Fangak is one of the major cities in Vangak County, and is part of the ethnic country that has historically associated with the pro -Rick Mashr opposition party, the first vice president in South Sudan to now undergo the establishment of the House of Representatives on charges of alleged sabotage.

The hospital’s attack is another escalation of the government’s assault on opposition groups throughout the country.

Since March, government -backed government forces from Uganda have conducted dozens of air strikes targeting areas in the neighboring Upper Nile State.