The Sudanese army said it would give a "harsh response“ of the attack carried out a day earlier against a village by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF), in which, according to pro-democracy activists, more than 100 people died, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
The attack is the biggest in a series of dozens of attacks by SBP soldiers on small villages since they took control of the state capital of Wad Madani in December.
The statement by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan followed accusations by local activists that the army had not responded to pleas for help on Wednesday.
The army did not respond to a request for comment, according to Reuters.
The most senior UN official in Sudan yesterday called for an investigation into the attack in the village of Wad al-Nura in Gezira state in central Sudan.
"Even by the tragic standards of the conflict in Sudan, the paintings from Wad al-Nura are heartbreaking," Clementina Nkweta-Salami, the UN humanitarian coordinator, said in a statement.
She was referring to photos shared on social media by the Wad Madani Resistance Committee, which monitors similar attacks, showing dozens of victims being prepared for burial.
On Thursday, the committee reported that 104 people had been killed and hundreds wounded in Wad al-Nura and that the SDF were moving towards other villages.
"The village of Wad al-Nura ... witnessed genocide on Wednesday after the SDF attacked twice," the committee said in a statement.