SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - No politicians were involved in the aborted coup: Sudanese army

22/9/2021: Sudan Tribune - No politicians were involved in the aborted coup: Sudanese army

Sudan Tribune report that the Sudanese army said that no civilian politicians were arrested in connection with the failed coup attempt.

Sudanese army spokesman Brig-Gen Tahir Abu Haja said 21 senior officers, and a number of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, were arrested, with search operations underway to arrest remaining military suspects.

Commander of the Ground Forces, Lt-Gen Issam-al-Din Karrar, stated that the coup attempt took place in the Armoured Corps and the Airborne Forces alongside other unspecified unites, with coup plotters surrendering or being arrested without resistance. Karrar added that only one retired general was among the plotters and the others are still in service.

However, Minister of Information Hamza Balloul stated that civilians were involved in the foiled coup, adding they are members of the former regime.

Sudan Tribune state that the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Lt-Gen Abdulfattah al-Burhan, “refuses to sack Islamists from the army”.