[REGNUM] Four ministers and a number of high-ranking officials from Khartoum state were arrested and the entrances to the capital were blocked by the military in Sudan. This was reported on October 25 by the Al Hadath TV channel.It is clarified that the ministers of communications, information, finance, industry, as well as the governor of Khartoum and one of the representatives of the ruling Sovereign Council in the country were arrested. The head of the Sudanese government, Abdullah Hamduk, is under house arrest, and his house is surrounded by the military.
The mass arrests began after the meeting of the head of the country's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burkhan, with the head of government, Abdullah Hamduk. Al-Burhan is expected to make an official statement shortly.
Earlier IA REGNUM reported about 35 injured during mass protests in Sudan. At the same time, actions of supporters of civilian rule and supporters of the military government are taking place in the country. Clashes periodically occur between them, in which the police are forced to intervene.
More from Russian military journalist Boris Roshin:
There is another military coup in Sudan.
The military arrested part of the civilian composition of the country's government, including Prime Minister Hamduk.
Among the detainees, officials said, were Minister of Industry Ibrahim al-Sheikh, Minister of Information, Hamza Balul, member of the ruling Sovereign Council, Mohammed al-Fiki Suliman and Faisal Mohammed Saleh, media adviser to Prime Minister Abdullah Hamduk.
Ayman Khalid, the governor of the state in which the capital Khartoum is located, was also arrested, according to his office's official Facebook page.
The army is blocking some areas in the city and the entrances to Khartoum. Key roads and bridges are being taken under control.
The leaders of the democratic opposition called on people to take to the streets and resist the next seizure of power by the military, who do not want to give up power and again disrupt the transition period with the transfer of real power to the civil administration.
The country is experiencing interruptions to the Internet, as some providers have suspended their work. There are also reports of interruptions in cellular communications in Khartoum.
Adds Rozhin:
The outcome of the coup is of course interesting for the Russian Federation in light of the ongoing burdensome negotiations around the Russian naval base in Port Sudan, the creation of which the United States is trying in every possible way to prevent it by putting pressure on the government of Sudan and the military.
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