More than 460 patients and companions have been murdered this Wednesday in an attack on the Saudi Maternity Hospital in Al Fasher. The city, located north of Darfur (Sudan), was taken by the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) last weekend.
The World Health Organization (WHO) He reported the events this Wednesday. The director general of the UN health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has also spoken about what happened on his official X account. “The organization is horrified and deeply shocked” by these deaths, which occur after other attacks and arrests of health workers were reported there.
.@WHO is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of more than 460 patients and companions at Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, #Sudanfollowing recent attacks and the abduction of health workers.
Prior to this latest attack, WHO has verified 185… pic.twitter.com/CbAjtqYUAh
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) October 29, 2025
These attacks “must be stopped immediately and unconditionally, and all patients, health workers and health facilities must be protected by international humanitarian law,” Tedros stressed in X.
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