Sudan govt foils coup bid linked to Bashir regime
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s fragile transitional government said it foiled an a empted coup early Tuesday involving military officers and civilians linked to the ousted regime of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.
Information Minister Hamza Baloul said the coup a empt was thwarted and those behind it “brought under control”.
“We assure the Sudanese people that order has been restored and the leaders of a empted coup both military and civilian have been arrested and are being investigated,” he said in a televised address.
“Authorities are pursuing supporters of the defunct regime who participated in the coup a empt.”
Earlier, top military and government sources said the plo ers had a empted to take over the state media building but “failed” and the officers involved were “immediately suspended”.
State television broadcast patriotic songs as it announced the coup a empt and urged “the people to confront it”.
Senior members of Sudan’s ruling council told AFP the coup a empt had been “thwarted” and “the revolution is victorious.”
The cabinet announced that “all those involved in the a empt have been detained”.
Traffic appeared to be flowing smoothly in central Khartoum, including around army headquarters, where protesters staged a months-long sit-in that eventually led to Bashir’s overthrow in a palace coup by the army.
Security forces did however close the main bridge across the White Nile connecting Khartoum to its twin city Omdurman.
There have been previous coup a empts since Bashir’s ouster which officials have blamed on Islamist supporters of the former president and members of his now-defunct ruling party.