Lieutenant Mohammed Siddiq killed in battle near “Shendi”

The retired Lieutenant Mohammed Siddiq, the source of the most famous saying, “Let it rip where it is the thinnest” was killed in a battle between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces, on Sunday, near the city of “Shendi,” in the Nile River state.

Activists as well as civil and local entities mourned Lieutenant Mohammed Siddiq, who had volunteered in the ranks of the mobilized Forces after he was dismissed from the Sudanese Army for violating instructions in 2019.

The battles took place between the Army and Rapid Support Forces after an attack on the Rapid Support Forces stationed at Al-Jili Oil Refinery. The latter countered the attack and pursued the attackers to the entrance of the city of “Shendi,” 180 kilometers north of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Siddiq joined the mobilized forces, or what is publicly known as the “Popular Resistance,” supporting the Sudanese Army Forces, and issued stern warnings to the Rapid Support Forces, threatening them with forming a sizable mobilized force and attacking them in the Al-Jili Oil refinery, in addition to liberating Khartoum from the grip of the Rapid Support Forces.

Members of the Rapid Support Forces responded to the video clip of Mohammed Siddiq, with video clips from inside his home in Al-Hajj Youssef suburb, east of Khartoum, challenging him to liberate his home instead of Khartoum or any other place.

The Rapid Support Forces inflicted huge losses in lives, equipment, and military vehicles. A terrible defeat for the mobilized force. The Rapid Support Forces seized more than (73) fully equipped combat vehicles, advanced artillery, as well as a number of trucks loaded with supplies, ammunition, and equipment.