On the morning of 1 February, an RSF explosive hit a market in Omdurman, Khartoum state, causing a scene of devastation at the MSF supported Al Nao hospital as patients, dead bodies and family members arrived at the hospital. The Ministry of Health said the attack killed 54 people and injured 158.
Medics working in Al Nao Hospital described a dreadful scene with men and women, young and old, being brought in for treatment. MSF General Secretary Chris Lockyear was in Al Nao Hospital as patients started arriving after this atrocious attack.