The Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman accused the Zionist entity was behind the bombing of a military factory that killed two people, and threatened to respond in kind.
The Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman accused the Zionist entity was behind the bombing of a military factory that killed two people, and threatened to respond in kind.
"We think Israel did the bombing," Osman told a news conference, adding that Sudan reserves “the right to react at a place and time we choose." He also told reporters that his government may take the issue up with the United Nations Security Council.
The minister said four planes were involved in the attack at the Yarmouk military manufacturing facility in south Khartoum, and claimed evidence recovered at the scene points to Zionist entity’s involvement.
The Yarmouk complex was built in 1996, and is one of two known state-owned weapons manufacturing facilities in the Sudanese capital.
Residents from the area told local newspapers that they saw planes flying overhead just before the explosion. The blast blew roofs off houses, shattered windows and set nearby trees ablaze. Several people suffered from smoke exposure.
Thick smoke blackened the sky over the complex, and firefighters fought the blaze for hours.
It's not the first time Sudanese officials have blamed such an incident on the Zionist entity of occupation.
Osman told the news conference that his country was certain the previous attacks were ordered by the Zionist authorities. “The main purpose is to frustrate our military capabilities and stop any development there and ultimately weaken our national sovereignty,” he said.
The Zionist entity however, has neither admitted nor denied carrying out the attack.
Khartoum is seeking the removal of United States sanctions imposed in 1997 over support for international terrorism, its human rights record and other concerns.
In 1998, US cruise missiles bombed a Khartoum pharmaceutical factory suspected of links to al-Qaeda in the wake of the terrorist group's bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
