SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Al-Taghyeer - Suspected failed coup leader Al-Bakrawi: What we know
Al-Taghyeer profiled Major General Abdul Baqi Al-Hussein, known as “Al-Bakrawi”, who allegedly spearheaded the failed coup attempt.
According to a “high-ranking military source”, al-Bakrawi served a six-month military suspension following the ouster of Omar al-Bashir, following his arrest after an audio recording went viral where he pledged to “eliminate the Rapid Support Forces with a single tank”.
Al-Bakrawi’s military detention caused health issues which forced him to travel to Cairo where diabetes-induced gangrene led to an amputation, before he returned Khartoum a week before the coup attempt.
Al-Taghyeer’s military sources also said the second-in-command of the foiled coup was deputy major at the armored forces who had a very faithful following.
The authorities did not reveal the identity of the parties involved in the coup, but indicated that the participants belonged to remnants of the annihilated regime.