Professors from the Sudanese University of Khartoum (UofK) have appealed to humanitarian institutions and organizations to evacuate those trapped inside the university main campus in the capital's center amid ongoing armed clashes.
Sputnik learnt that 66 of those locked up have already managed to flee to al-Mazad neighborhood in northern Khartoum, while there are still 22 others inside the university campus. The original number was 88, including 20 employees and five female students.
UofK sits in a location close to the Sudanese Ministry of Defense, the headquarters of the general command of the armed forces and the Republican Palace, an area that is witnessing fighting with heavy weapons as well as occasional aerial bombardment, making it extremely difficult for those trapped there to get out unless a truce takes place and opens safe corridors for them.
Students complained about the lack of food and drink supplies, and also expressed their fear of water outages.
Earlier, the Central Committee Of Sudan Doctors (CCSD) announced that at least 144 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the clashes in the country, warning in a statement that the death and injury rates are increasing "at an escalating pace."
"The total number of casualties since the beginning of the conflict has reached 1409, including both civilian and military casualties," the committee said in a statement on Tuesday.
For its part, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that several of Khartoum's hospitals that receive injured civilians are running out of blood units, blood transfusion equipment, intravenous fluids and other vital medical supplies.
On Saturday, clashes broke out between Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by deputy chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemetti, with the epicenter in Sudan's capital of Khartoum.