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CAIRO — At least 11 children were killed in a drone strike that hit a mosque in the besieged city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, the U.N. children’s agency said Monday.

Local aid groups and activists and the Sudanese army accused the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group of launching the drone that struck the mosque during Fajr prayers early Friday, killing at least 70 people.

UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell called the attack “shocking and unconscionable” in the Monday statement. Russell said initial reports indicated that at least 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15 were killed and “many more” injured in the attack, which also damaged nearby home

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