Explosives belts among weapons seized in Khartoum raid

Sudanese soldiers are seen on an army vehicle as they drive through the defence ministry compound in Khartoum. File picture: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Sudanese soldiers are seen on an army vehicle as they drive through the defence ministry compound in Khartoum. File picture: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Published May 7, 2019

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Khartoum - Sudanese forces seized

explosives belts, guns including rifles fitted with silencers,

devices used to detonate explosives remotely and satellite

telephones in a raid on a property in the capital Khartoum, the

state news agency reported on Monday.

A contingent of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF),

acing on a tip, carried out the raid in al-Taif district of

Khartoum, the agency said.

It was not known if the weapons cache was linked in any way

to the country's current political crisis. The news agency did

not say if anyone was arrested or who owned the weapons.

Autocratic President Omar al-Bashir, who had been in power

for 30 years, was ousted last month by the military following

months of protests.

The demonstrations, which have been peaceful, have continued

as opposition groups demand that the military, which currently

rules through a Transitional Military Council, hand over power

to civilians. 

Reuters

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