Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group engaged in a civil war with Sudan's military, has reportedly killed hundreds of patients and staff inside a hospital in El Fasher after seizing the capital of the state of North Darfur on Sunday.

Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the U.N., displaced residents and aid workers, who described harrowing details of atrocities. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, said in a statement the 460 patients and companions were reportedly killed at Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur.

Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the U.N., displaced residents and aid workers, who described harrowing details of atrocities. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization,…

Locals say rebel forces had 'no mercy for anyone,' reportedly killing some 460 patients and companions at a maternity hospital after capturing major city El-Fasher

UN urges immediate end to Sudan's military siege after over 460 fatalities reported at maternity hospital amidst escalating violence.