A teacher in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, told the BBC that one of his students was shot in the head by a stray bullet during the country’s ongoing conflict.
“One of the children was shot in the head by a stray bullet… “A lot of people have died in this way,” the teacher, identified only as Mo, told the BBC’s Newsday program on Wednesday.
Residents, he said, were becoming accustomed to the “scary” situation.
Heavy artillery could be heard on Wednesday morning, he said, adding that “no one is listening or respecting the ceasefire.”
The interview was briefly interrupted by gunshots as the teacher requested to be moved to a safer location.
Mo stated that food supplies were becoming increasingly scarce as shops and supermarkets remained closed. “Electricity is stable, but it can go out at any time,” he said.
It came as the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) traded accusations of violating a 24-hour humanitarian truce declared on Tuesday.
The fighting, which began on Saturday, has claimed nearly 200 lives.
