A Chadian security source said a strike on a fuel market near the Sudanese border killed 12 people and wounded 7. Responsibility has not been independently verified. Chad also said an earlier strike hit a military convoy 100 km inside its territory and put border forces on maximum alert; Sudan rejects the accusation that its military targeted its neighbour.
A Chadian security source told AFP that a fuel market near the Sudanese border was hit on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 7. The source described the market as a place where Sudan's Rapid Support Forces refuel. Al Jazeera says responsibility for the strike has not been independently verified. Sudan's foreign ministry answered that the accusation was made before any independent investigation.[1]
Chad's army said a military convoy in the eastern Ennedi region was struck 100 km inside its territory last week and that there were no Chadian casualties. BBC News reports that Chad attributed the attack to a Sudanese aircraft and put border forces on maximum alert; Sudan rejects the allegation. A security source speaking to Al Jazeera also confirmed the heightened alert. Chad is keeping its border forces at the maximum alert level.[1], [2]
Sudan's foreign ministry said its army respected its neighbours' sovereignty and had not targeted their territory. The US embassy in Khartoum, however, blamed Sudan's army for the recent strikes on Chad that same day and condemned them. A local source speaking to Al Jazeera said about 100 armoured vehicles and signal-jamming trucks had moved near Tine on the Sudanese border. Sudan's army had previously accused Chad of aligning with the RSF; the number of displaced Sudanese sheltering in Chad is approaching one million.[1]
