In Sudan’s capital, the city of Khartoum, clashes broke out between the regular army and the paramilitary group “Rapid Support Forces” (SRF). About it on Saturday, April 15, informed Reuters.
According to the agency, gunshots are heard in some areas of Khartoum and its suburbs. A Reuters correspondent said military equipment and artillery pieces were deployed in the streets of the Sudanese capital. Al Jazeera correspondent informed on the columns of smoke in different parts of the city. witnesses too said Sky News Arabia channel on the movement of tanks.
The “Rapid Support Force” announced that the army surrounded one of its bases in Khartoum and opened fire with heavy weapons. In FRS called a “large scale attack” and a “violent attack” which “should be condemned”. The statement of the organization calls on the Sudanese to “come together at this critical moment in the history of the country and to denounce the cowardly behavior of the army”.
At the same time, the Sudanese army accused “Operational Support Forces” in an attempt to capture the army headquarters of the general command.
According to Sky News Arabia, all entrances to the presidential palace in Khartoum are blocked, the building is surrounded by armored vehicles of the Sudanese army.
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