Jebeit, jJuly31(Darfur 24)

The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, survived an assassination attempt with a drone inside a military base in eastern Sudan on Wednesday.

Al-Burhan arrived at the Infantry Institute Stadium in Jebeit, Red Sea State, to graduate the 68th batch of the Military College and the 20th and 23rd batches of the Qualifying College, the Air College, and the Naval Academy.

The army said that anti-aircraft missiles intercepted two drones that targeted the site of a military graduation ceremony in Jebeit, attended by its commander, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan.

In a brief statement obtained by “Darfur 24”, it revealed the killing of 5 people and the injury of others, without specifying their identities, whether they were military or civilians.

The celebration was attended by leaders of the army, police, and security services, in addition to the families of the graduates.