Officers Accused of Assassination Plot
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From Times Wire Reports
Military officers linked to an Islamic party were plotting to assassinate high-level government figures, a top Sudanese military official said. The ruling National Congress party also leveled accusations of an assassination plot by the Popular Congress party in a statement read on state television.
Opposition leader Hassan Turabi’s Popular Congress was suspended from political activities after it was loosely linked to military officers arrested on suspicion of planning a coup. Turabi is being detained on accusations of inciting tribal tensions.
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