The Sudanese army announced in a statement that "Elements of the rebel forces infiltrated Khartoum airport and burned civilian planes, one of which belonged to the Royal Saudi Airlines".
Video clips broadcasted by Sudanese media and activists on social media showed the burning of civilian aircraft that were parked on the airport grounds.
It also showed a state of panic among travelers at Khartoum International Airport after it was stormed by the Rapid Support Forces and controlled.
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Activists circulated a number of clips showing the entry of groups of Rapid Support Forces into the airport, and cars carrying armed men were seen on the runway.
Khartoum International Airport is witnessing armed confrontations between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, as part of a series of clashes in the capital since the early morning.
Witnesses told Reuters that smoke rose from inside the airport in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Saturday. Witnesses spoke of hearing gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace in the city centre.
The Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said "Hamidti" It managed to take control of Khartoum Airport and the Marawi military base.
While a source in the Sudanese army told Al-Jazeera that the battles are currently taking place at Khartoum International Airport, after the Rapid Support Forces tried to control it.
** Violent clashes
This morning, armed clashes broke out in the center and south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, and similar clashes broke out in the city of Marawi, in northern Sudan.
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that violent clashes took place between the army and the Rapid Support Forces on the outskirts of the presidential palace, the army command, and the residence of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereignty Council and commander-in-chief of the army, amid panic and mass flight of citizens from the city center and south.
The army closed the bridges and roads leading to the presidential palace in central Khartoum with heavy armored vehicles, and deployed artillery and armored vehicles in the city of Omdurman.
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