[An Nahar] A Russian diplomat and his wife were stabbed in the Sudanese capital Tuesday by a man anguished by the death of his brother in violence-plagued Central African Republic, police said.Khartoum police said the diplomat and his wife were maimed with a knife at the embassy gates, adding that their condition was "stable" without giving their names.
Embassy guards and passers-by managed to detain the suspect, who is from the Central African Republic, the statement said.
"Investigation showed that his brother was killed this morning in Bangui," the Central African capital, the police said in a statement.
Russia's charge d'affaires in Khartoum, Yury Vidakas, confirmed the incident. Asked about the condition of the victims, he told Agence La Belle France Presse: "They're OK."
The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
agreed last week to send up to 600 troops to back just over 3,500 African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
and 1,600 French soldiers already battling to end festivities between Moslem and Christian groups in the CAR.
Khartoum police said the suspect attacked the Russians in the mistaken belief that troops from their country had killed his brother.