Sudan arrests over diplomat death

ICC Note

Two members of Islamic fundamentalists who are behind the killing of American diplomat in Sudan were arrested.

February 11, 2008 Sudan (BBC News) – Authorities in Sudan have detained two people over the killing of a US diplomat and his driver in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum last month.

John Granville and driver Abdel Rahman Abbas died after gunmen opened fire on their car early on New Year’s Day.

FBI investigation

Security services told Reuters news agency that the two men arrested on Saturday were fundamentalists.

Plotters escaped

No details were given on the identities of the suspects, one of whom was injured during the raid.

In August Sudanese security forces said they had broken up a plot to attack the French, British, US and UN missions in Khartoum .