Viw of Sudan presidential palace: Photo: AFP |
A sword-wielding man described as "insane" killed two
Sudanese soldiers on Saturday before being shot dead as he tried to enter the
palace where President Omar al-Bashir has his offices, Yahoo news reports.
Bashir and his ministers were not in the palace at the time of the attack, Sidahmed said.
The president, who took power in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, has a separate residence near the military headquarters in Khartoum.
Sidahmed said that the security forces had already started to investigate the attack.
Army spokesman Colonel Al-Sawarmy Khaled
Saad said the attacker, whom he described as "insane", arrived at the
gate with a sword, which he used to stab one guard.
In a statement, Saad named the attacker as Salah Kafi Quwa, and said he was originally from the town of Kadugli in South Kordofan state, where insurgents are battling the Khartoum government.
The president's office suggested that the attacker was mentally ill in a separate statement, but gave no further details.
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