As the battle between the army and paramilitaries has gone on for five days with no indications of stopping, the Pakistani Embassy in Sudan’s capital Khartoum came under attack on Wednesday.
Embassy statement
The Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces clashed today, and the Pakistani Embassy was hit by three gunshots as a result, according to a statement from the embassy. It resulted in damage to the Chancery building.
The occurrence was seen as a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention because the host government must provide security for diplomatic missions.
Due to the deteriorating security situation, the embassy once more recommended all Pakistanis stay at home and avoid unnecessary travel. In Khartoum, there are about a thousand Pakistanis.
Pakistani Residents in Sudan
Thousands of inhabitants left the capital of Sudan after a conflict between the army and paramilitaries left bodies in the street and, according to embassies, more than 270 civilians dead.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stated that they would “fully commit to a complete ceasefire” beginning at 1600 GMT for 24 hours.
But according to witnesses, they heard bullets at the scheduled moment throughout Khartoum.
The army and the RSF blamed the other on Tuesday for upsetting the South Sudan-mediated ceasefire, which had failed to hold for the second day.
Martin Griffiths described the situation
Attacks on foreign diplomats have occurred, and Martin Griffiths, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator, reported that the organization had been made aware of “reports of attacks and sexual violence against aid workers.”
Governments began preparing to evacuate their population, including numerous UN employees.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the army, and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, in charge of the RSF, are the two generals whose forces clashed on Saturday following a coup.
It came after a disagreement between them over the RSF’s intended integration into the regular army, a crucial requirement for a final agreement meant to restore Sudan’s democratic transition.
