Report at BBC News Topics, Sudan
By BBC Verify
Published Friday 23 June 2023 at 16:33 - here is a full copy:
Evidence of dead bodies left lying around Sudanese city
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One video showed bodies lying in the middle of a street
Image caption: One video showed bodies lying in the middle of a street
The BBC has seen evidence supporting claims of bodies left lying out in the open after serious violence in the Darfur region of Sudan between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army. In Darfur, some Arab militia groups have supported the RSF.
We have verified two videos from one location in the city of El Geneina posted on Twitter earlier this month showing bodies lying on a road.
We were able to match buildings and objects in the videos to satellite images of El Geneina.
In one video, there is a mention of the local branch of the Bank of Khartoum, which we were also able to locate.
It’s not possible to say either when the videos were filmed or who did the filming.
But one appeared on Twitter around the same time the West Darfur governor Khamis Abakar was killed on 14 June. In this video, the person filming makes derogatory comments about non-Arabs living there.
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) said this week that corpses remain on the streets, inside homes and in various public places.
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