Sudan's paramilitary forces killed hundreds of people including patients in a hospital after they seized el-Fasher city in the western Darfur region over the weekend, according to the UN and displaced residents and aid workers, who described harrowing details of atrocities.

The 460 patients and companions were reportedly killed at Saudi Maternity Hospital in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur, World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, adding the WHO was "appalled and deeply shocked" by the reports.

The Sudan Doctors Network, a medical group tracking the war, said fighters from the Rapid Support Forces on Tuesday "cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside the Saudi Hospital, including patients, their companions, and an

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