Sudan Accuses "Israel" of Bombing Military Factory, Threatens Retaliation

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Sudan on Wednesday accused "Israel" for a huge explosion and fire at an arms factory in Khartoum that killed two people.

"Four military planes attacked the Yarmouk plant. ... We believe that Israel is behind it," Sudan Information Minister Ahmed Belal Osman told reporters, adding that the planes appeared to approach the site from the east.

In parallel, he explained that "four aircraft were involved in the attack, which occurred at about midnight Tuesday at the Yarmouk military manufacturing facility in south Khartoum."

"Evidence pointing to "Israel" was found among remnants of the explosives," he revealed.
Osman further confirmed that his country "reserves the right to react at a place and time we choose."

Asked by "Israel's" Channel Two News about Sudan's accusations, "Israeli" War Minister Ehud Barak said: "There is nothing I can say about this subject."
Similarly, US officials who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, said, "We have no comment. We can't help you on this."

The powerful explosion at the Yarmouk Military Industrial Complex in southern Khartoum rocked Sudan's capital before dawn Wednesday, sending detonating ammunition flying through the air and causing panic, Sudan's official news agency and local media reports said.
Nearby buildings were damaged by the blast, their roofs blown off and their windows shattered, according to the reports.

Meanwhile, residents said an aircraft or missile flew over the factory shortly before it exploded and burst into flames, but a top official had dismissed their comments.
An Agence France Presse reporter several kilometers (miles) away saw two or three fires flaring across a wide area, with heavy smoke and intermittent flashes of white light bursting above the state-owned facility.


Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org