Rights group blames Egypt for air strike that killed at least 72 miners in Sudan

An air raid on a gold-mining area near the disputed Sudan-Egypt border killed at least 72 miners on Saturday, a Sudanese rights group said.

• Emergency Lawyers accused Egypt's military of carrying out Saturday's air strike on a gold mine in Sudan's River Nile state.
• The Khartoum-based rights group said at least 72 miners were killed in the attack, which it said occurred within Sudanese territory.
• Similar strikes on the same border region, reportedly also carried out by Egypt, killed 23 miners in June.
• Egypt has issued no comment on Saturday's attack, which could not be independently verified.
• Emergency Lawyers said a cross-border air attack on Sudanese territory would violate international law.
• The strike hit the al-Aqidat mine near the Ansari market in northern Wadi on October 10, reports said.
• The Sudan Doctors Network reported 13 killed and 28 wounded, a figure that diverged from the 72.
• The RSF-aligned Tasees coalition demanded an independent investigation into the air strike on the mine.
• Sudan formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the air strike on the al-Aqidat mine that killed and wounded dozens of miners.
• Sudan's Sovereignty Council said the two governments have stayed in contact over the incident.