Khartoum, Sudan
September 29, 2021—Latest reports from Khartoum confirmed that at least five security personnel have been killed by the infamous terrorist organization popularly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS) during a raid on a cell affiliated to ISIS/ISIL in Khartoum, the General Intelligence Service (GIS) announced on Tuesday.
In the incident, 5 members of Security personnel were killed and another wounded.
“Based on intelligence about a terrorist cell affiliated with ISIS, a security operation was carried out to arrest its members based in the neighbourhoods of Jabra and Al-Azhari” located south of Khartoum, said GIS in a statement on Tuesday.
In a statement seen by Nyamilepedia, at least 11 foreign terrorists of various nationalities have been apprehended during this operation.
According to the statement, the ISIS members in Jabra opened fire on the security forces killing five of them including two officers, three non-commissioned officers, and wounded an officer.
Authorities in Sudan further said that the perpetrators escaped; however , according to reports that are yet to be verified, three of the fugitives were arrested in Khartoum North.
Sudan has been sanctioned and put into U.S list of states sponsoring terrorism for hosting Osama Bin Laden in 1996 but the sanctions were lifted on 15 December 2021 during the tenure of U.S former president Donald Trump despite that a lot remains to be done to transition Sudan from its old practices to a peaceful democratic state.
