Drone Strike Kills More Than 150 in Abyei Area of Sudan
A drone strike in the Abyei area has killed more than 150 people during Sudan's civil war. Both warring sides increasingly use drones to hit targets across vast distances, and civilians bear the heaviest toll.
A drone strike in the Abyei area of Sudan, where a civil war is under way, has killed more than 150 people, The New York Times reported on October 21.
The source text gives few details about the attack itself. It does not say which of the warring sides carried it out, or exactly who the victims were.
Drones as a tool of war
The report stresses that both sides in Sudan's civil war are fighting each other on the battlefield and relying more and more on drone strikes. Such attacks can reach targets across vast distances, so their effects are not limited to the front lines.
According to the source, civilians suffer the most from these strikes, and the tolls are very large. The number of people killed in Abyei is a stark example of that pattern.
The available excerpt does not provide further information on the circumstances of the attack, the number of injured, or any official response.
