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| Plane blast in Sudan kills 31 |
| 2012-08-19 |
| ALL 31 people including an "official delegation" to Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan state have been killed after their plane crashed. The crash on Sunday followed an explosion aboard the plane which was carrying the officials to a function marking the Muslim Eid holiday."All people on board were killed," Abdelhafiz Abdelrahim, a spokesman for the Sudan Aviation Authority, told AFP. He said the plane was landing in Talodi town at about 8am (1500 AEST) when "an explosion was heard and the plane was destroyed". Abdelrahim could not immediately provide further details. The official SUNA news agency issued a brief alert which said only: "A plane with 26 passengers, including ministers, crashed near Talodi." Talodi has been a key battleground in the war which began in June last year between the government and ethnic rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). There was no immediate word on what caused the explosion. Looks like it was shot down, presumably by a SAM. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #1 Sudanese religion minister killed in the crash |
| Posted by: ryuge 2012-08-19 06:22 |