KHARTOUM, SUDAN. (THECOUNT) — The governor of Sudan’s state of Gedaref as well as a number of other Sudanese officials were killed Sunday in a plane crash, local media reported.
The airplane carrying Governor Mirghani Salih was en route from the eastern city of Gedaref to the city of Galabat, in the same state, reported satellite TV Ashorooq, which is close to Sudan’s government, without identifying the officials on board.
According to the same TV channel, the plane carrying the governor and a number of other officials crashed and burned up while trying to land at the airport. source
Salih and other officials were reportedly killed, but there were attempts to rescue some other officials from the crash, according to the same source. source
El-Gadarif, also spelt Gedaref or Gedarif, is the capital of the state of Al Qadarif in Sudan. It lies on the road that connects Khartoum with Gallabat on the Ethiopian border, about 410 kilometers from the capital.
Inhabiting Gedaref State of ethnic groups inside Sudan representing different tribes, and other related assets from outside Sudan, Eritreans and Ethiopians and Yemenis, Somalis, Chadian and Egyptian Copts, Armenians, Kurds and others.
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