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As the fighting in the Capital city of Sudan began its fifth day, a student was killed at the University of Khartoum after being struck by a stray bullet.
The statement issued on Facebook also revealed that the remains of the deceased had been buried on campus after a safe exit from the scene could not be guaranteed.
This was according to a Law student of the institution, Mosaab Sharif who spoke to BBC about the horrific incident while he was seeking refuge in a building close to the school.
He said, “We buried our friend after getting permission from his family and the university. We were going to get food for the rest of the students.”
“There were three of us, and then he was hit in the chest. We couldn’t even help him. As we were burying our colleague, one of us was hit with a bullet in his hand.”
War broke out in Sudan’s capital on Saturday following both the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a battle for supremacy by two generals.
“Snipers have been targeting anyone with flashlights. That’s why no one is walking around wearing white clothes to be extra safe,” Sharif added.
A Nigerian student in Khartoum, who wished to remain anonymous, told the BBC that she managed to get out but had “never experienced anything like this in her life”.
“We woke up to gunshots, it was really scary, we were panicking,” she explained, as she fled from her accommodation and was told to get on a crowded bus to a safer location.
She said she managed to speak to her very worried parents, “I spoke to my mum yesterday but she could hear the gunshots from my phone.”
Schools and universities are calling on humanitarian organizations to help evacuate dozens of stranded people and students.
Meanwhile, a Sudanese doctors’ union has disclosed that 39 out of 59 hospitals in Khartoum and nearby states are “out of service”, highlighting the worsening humanitarian situation in the country.
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement on Facebook Wednesday morning that only 20 hospitals are fully or partially operational.
