Egypt confirms that a member of its embassy in Khartoum has died

He Egyptian Foreign Ministry confirmed today that a member of his embassy in Khartoum died this Monday in the capital, after denying the information previously released by the Armed Forces of Sudan and affirm that all the members of his mission were “safe”.

“the martyr Mohamed al-GharawiDeputy Administrative Attaché at the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Khartoumdied today, Monday, April 24, when he was going from his home to the embassy headquarters to follow up on the evacuation of Egyptian citizens in Sudan”, reported the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement.

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“Thus, the Foreign Ministry considers his dear deceased a martyr with Almighty God, and a symbol of sacrifice and redemption for the good of the motherland to promote its supreme interests, to confirm that the Egyptian mission in Sudan will continue to assume its responsibility in pursuing the tasks of evacuating Egyptian citizens from Sudan and ensuring their return to the homeland”, concludes the note.

The ministry has not provided further details about the death of the embassy worker, which would be the first violent death of a diplomatic mission since the conflict began in Sudan on the 15th.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeidposted a photograph of the deceased on his official Twitter account.

The confusion arose after the Sudanese Armed Forces initially reported that an assistant to the Defense Attaché of the Egyptian embassy had been killed, an end that Cairo immediately denied.

In its denial statement, the Egyptian ministry noted that “the Egyptian ambassador in Khartoum, hani salahconfirmed that all members of the Egyptian diplomatic mission are safe, including members of the defense office”.

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But finally the Sudanese Army sent a rectification in which it indicated that it was not the assistant defense attaché, but the deputy administrative attaché who perished for “rebel fire”, referring to the powerful paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (FAR).

“We clarify that the correct position is Deputy Administrative Attaché of the Embassy of Egypt in Khartoum and not as indicated in the previous statement and we apologize for the previous error”, the Armed Forces said in a statement.

The source indicated that the deceased “he was in a Fortuner model car with diplomatic license plate 132″, where he was shot, according to the Army.

The FAR They denied having killed the Egyptian and accused the Army of “plot accusations” for “breach” with the Sudanese population and countries “siblings” like Egypt.

Since the start of hostilities, a number of diplomats and staff have been assaulted, such as the ambassador of the European Union (EU) in the Sudanese capital, Aidan O’Harawho was attacked at his residence in the capital of the African country.

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The fighting that began on April 15 between the Sudanese Army and the FAR arose after weeks of tension over the reform of the security forces in the negotiations to form a new transitional government.

Both forces were the architects of the joint coup that overthrew the transitional government of Sudan in October 2021.

Since the outbreak of the conflict, according to the account offered this Friday by the world organization of Health (WHO), more than 420 people have died and 3,700 have been injured in Sudan.

Source: Elcomercio

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