{"id":883,"date":"2026-02-11T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=883"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:00:01","slug":"drone-strike-kills-student-wounds-18-at-religious-school-in-sudans-north-kordofan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/drone-strike-kills-student-wounds-18-at-religious-school-in-sudans-north-kordofan\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone strike kills student, wounds 18 at religious school in Sudan\u2019s North Kordofan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Witnesses say unmanned aircraft targeted school in Al-Rahad city <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/haber.aa.com.tr\/#\"><\/a>By Adel Abdelrheem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A drone strike on a religious school killed one student and wounded 18 others, including children, on Wednesday in the city of  in Sudan\u2019s North Kordofan state, medical sources told Anadolu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drone hit the Sheikh Ahmed al-Badawi boarding school in Al-Rahad, witnesses said, without identifying who carried out the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Abubakr Othman, head of the school, said the attack occurred after morning prayers during a lesson as students were reciting the Qur&#8217;aan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe strike led to the death of one student and injured about 18 others from the school,\u201d he said in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activists in North Kordofan also shared images on social media showing the strike site and injured students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no comment from Sudanese authorities, and no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sudanese authorities and human rights groups have accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of targeting civilian facilities. The RSF has not responded to the accusations and says it works to protect civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Darfur region, Sudan\u2019s three Kordofan states &#8211; North, West and South &#8211; have seen heavy fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conflict, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands and displaced about 13 million people, creating one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises and famine conditions, according to UN reports. &#8211; Anadulo Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Witnesses say unmanned aircraft targeted school in Al-Rahad city<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[147,145,146,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-al-rahad","9":"tag-drone-strike","10":"tag-sheikh-ahmed-al-badawi-boarding-school","11":"tag-sudan"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}