Geneva — The Attorney General of the Republic of Sudan and Chairman of the National Committee for War Crimes and Violations of the Outlaw Rapid Support Forces, Al-Fateh Mohamed Issa Tayfour, pointed out that the war initiated by the Rapid Support Militia in Sudan included atrocities and war crimes against the defenceless civilians, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide

Tayfour stated in Sudan's statement before the enhanced interactive dialogue sitting on the report of the Fact-Finding Committee on Sudan during the 57th session of the Human Rights Council on Tuesday, that the militia practiced widespread and systematic targeting against the Masalit ethnic group in West Darfur State, indicating that the number of dead reached more than five thousand dead and more than eight thousand wounded, in addition to the arrest and then killing of the governor of West Darfur State, Khamis Abkar, and the mutilation of his body.

He said that the militia committed rape and sexual violence in all its forms, noting that the number of victims reached 966.

He said that the militia committed the crime of forcing children to fight and forcibly recruiting them, which led to the killing of 4,850 children out of 9,000 children, while 30 of them were arrested in the areas of operations and handed over to their families through a joint operation between the Armed Forces and the Child Prosecution Office through the International Committee of the Red Cross.

He affirmed that the total number of deaths from violations reached 27,594 and the wounded 42,661.