The director of the military hospital in Damazin, the capital of the Blue Nile state, Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Adam Suleiman, has released casualty figures from recent events admitted to the hospital.
According to Suleiman, more than 50 patients were admitted to the military hospital, noting that these numbers received the necessary treatment inside the hospital.
The director of the military hospital explained that on the first day of the events, 16 patients were admitted, noting that there was coordination between the hospital and the Ministry of Health, where urgent operations were performed on these patients.
On Friday, the Governor of Blue Nile State declared a state of emergency, giving security forces full authority to “stop” tribal clashes and instructing local police, military, intelligence and operational support forces to intervene. all available opportunities to end tribal clashes.
Clashes erupted in Sudan’s troubled Blue Nile about two weeks ago after reports of local squabbling between members of the Hausa tribe and rival groups.
More than 546 people have been killed and more than 211,000 people have been forced to flee their homes as a result of ethnic conflicts across the country from January to September, according to the UN.