A Nigerian diplomat was found dead on Thursday
at his home in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the News Agency of Nigeria has
reported, quoting two security sources.
According to the report, the sources said
police were investigating the incident but provided no details on how he died.
Reuters that initially reported the incident
said officials from the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum were not immediately available
to comment.
Dubai-based al-Arabiya television identified
the diplomat as the consul general and described his death as an
“assassination”.
Reports on social media suggested the killers
used a knife in the attack.
Though intermittent violence is common in the
country’s warring southern and western regions, violence in the capital is
rare.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has in recent
months shaken up the security establishment, replacing the heads of the army
and intelligence service in February.
They said he had apparently been killed and
that an investigation was underway.
- Reuters/NAN
No comments:
Post a Comment