The Sudanese security bodies are doing their utmost to reveal the identities of the perpetrators who assassinated the USAID staff, Sudan's Foreign Minister Deng Alor said on Wednesday. Alor made the statement during a meeting with the acting Charge d'Affairs at the US embassy in Khartoum.During the meeting, the Sudanese Minister offered condolences on behalf of the country's government to the US government and the family of John Michel Granville (33) who was assassinated with his driver in Khartoum on Tuesday, head of the US Section at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry told reporters.
The Sudanese authorities said the incident was not an act of terrorism.
For his part, the US official appreciated the cooperation between the embassy and the Sudanese authorities for revealing the circumstances of the incident. He also highlighted sympathy manifested by all the sectors of the Sudanese people at the official and non-official levels.
A US security delegation is due in Khartoum later today to investigate the incident and to prepare a report on the assassination of the US diplomat.
Meanwhile, The Sudanese authorities started today interrogating witnesses of the incidents.