Sudan military council says it foiled attempted coup

Sudan’s ruling military council has foiled a coup attempt, a top general, Jamal Omar announced on state television Thursday, saying that 12 officers and four soldiers had been arrested.

Aljazeera reported that the announcement late on Thursday closely followed the ruling military and civilian protesters agreeing to end a political impasse, after the army ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April on the back of a popular uprising.

Omar said of the 12 officers arrested, five were retired, and that security forces were looking for the mastermind of the attempted coup.

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“This is an attempt to block the agreement which has been reached by the Transitional Military Council and the Alliance for Freedom and Change that aims to open the road for Sudanese people to achieve their demands,” Omar said.

Sudan has been rocked by a political crisis since protests first erupted against Bashir’s rule in December.

The protests finally led to the army ousting him on 11 April, but the generals who seized power have so far resisted demonstrators’ demands to hand it over to a civilian administration.

 

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