Four suspected IS-linked militants, one Sudanese security forces member killed in Khartoum

  • 10/4/2021
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KHARTOUM, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Four suspected Islamic State-linked militants and one Sudanese security forces member were killed during clashes in a raid in Sudan"s capital Khartoum on Monday, state news agency SUNA reported. Sudanese security forces clashed with militants in southern Khartoum on Monday, state TV and witnesses said, days after a raid on what officials said was an Islamic State-linked cell in the same area. read more Monday"s raid included two sites and security forces arrested four other suspected militants, a day after they captured eight "foreign elements" in a raid in Omdurman, the capital"s twin city, on Sunday, SUNA said. Three security forces members were injured in Monday"s raid, it added quoting a statement of the General Intelligence Service. Witnesses in the Jabra neighbourhood told Reuters they saw security forces exchange gunfire with a group inside a residential building and close the main road in the area. State TV described the group as being a terrorist cell. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan"s ruling council, visited the site of the clashes, state TV reported. On Tuesday, five members of the General Intelligence Service were killed and a sixth injured following a raid where 11 suspects of different nationalities were arrested, the service said. Such incidents involving suspected militants are relatively rare in Sudan, although the country has been a haven for militant groups.

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