SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese government says the "situation under control" after failed Islamist coup
Sudan Tribune’s report provides details on the aborted coup attempt.
According to Minister of Information Hamza Balol, the coup plotters military and civilians have been arrested including those who were in the Armoured Corps in al-Shajara suburb south of Khartoum.
Military sources identified the coup plotters as Islamist officers affiliated with the former regime. Local media said 18 military person were arrested, including Maj-General Abdel-bagi Bakrawi, “who is likely to be the commander of the operation.”
Sudan Tribune “learned that Bakrawi was in Cairo for several months, and that he is suspected to have been planned the operation there with the Sudanese Islamist residing in Egypt.”