Gunmen target family in Khartoum

Unknown gunmen stormed an apartment in the Sudanese capital Khartoum and killed three members of a family, a Sudanese news website has reported.

The victims were a mother and her two children as well as a domestic helper, Al Youmaltali added. The attackers used gun silencers after storming the apartment in a suburb in eastern Khartoum, according to the report.

The family head discovered the killings upon his return to the family’s second-floor apartment, it added. No motive was given for the murder.

There was no immediate comment from authorities.