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Sudanese police arrested 12 staff members of a Christian school over alleged accusations of hindering a Muslim business. The police appear to be aiding a Muslim investor in an attempt to take over the evangelical school that regularly disrupts various school functions. After the 12 arrests, police prevented other members from leaving the campus.

3/31/2017 Sudan (Christian News) – Police accused staff members of a Christian school in Sudan of obstructing the work of a Muslim-owned business trying to take it over, sources said.

Police in Omdurman, across from Khartoum on the Nile River, on Monday (March 27) arrested 12 staff members of a Christian school and the next day prevented others from leaving the campus, they said.

In an apparent attempt to help the Muslim investor take over the Evangelical School of Sudan, police first arrested two leaders of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC)—Idris Karntina and an elder identified only as Younan—at about 10 a.m. An hour later two police vans arrived at the school complex, and officers arrested 10 other Christians, including women, all SPEC members, church leaders said.

They were taken to Omdurman’s central division police station and released at about 8 p.m., accused of obstructing the work of Education Vision, which is trying to take over the school. The institution is still functioning as a Christian school, but representatives of Education Vision are regularly disrupting classes, school personnel said.

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