Al Jazeera correspondent reported that the Afra Mall commercial complex south of Khartoum was subjected to a large fire that consumed this complex near the Green Square.
Al Jazeera correspondent added that it was not possible to know the causes of the fire, at a time when fierce battles continue between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese capital.
Activists circulated on social media pictures of the fire at the mall, which is located on Airport Street in Khartoum.
#متداول Smoke
plumes rising near Afra Mall in Khartoum #Sudan pic.twitter.com/mpw9IgeOCl
— Sudan News (@Sudan_tweet) May 5, 2023
Afraa Mall is being bombed by the criminal militia. There was no excuse to strike him except to insist on the destruction of the capital so that any features of it disappeared#السودان pic.twitter.com/WK483fsNPN
— Ahmed Al Qurashi Idris (@ahmadhgurashi) May 5, 2023
Smoke rising from the building of "Afra Mall", it seems that Khartoum will enter into a more severe distress than before, hungry militias continue to loot shops for their urgent need for food, in addition to shells located on places needed by the citizen and in the darkest circumstances, this distress needs a quick solution, which is how to secure food and medicine for those who remained in... pic.twitter.com/TxhpqupoCJ
— Khubaib Abdul Rahim (@alkhobaib) May 5, 2023