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Sudan: Air strike kills two in Port Sudan | Sudan: Air strike kills two in Port Sudan |
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A "foreign" aircraft has destroyed a car near Sudan's city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, killing its two passengers, local officials say. | |
Police say a missile probably came from the direction of the Red Sea. Some sources suggest two helicopters could have been involved. | |
The car, said to be a Hyundai Sonata, was about 15km (nine miles) south of Port Sudan at the time. | |
There was no immediate word on the identity of the two victims. | |
Security forces have now sealed off the area, reports say. | |
So far no-one has claimed to have carried out the attack. | So far no-one has claimed to have carried out the attack. |
"We heard three loud explosions," a source at Port Sudan airport told Reuters news agency. | |
"Eyewitnesses told us they saw two helicopters which looked liked Apaches flying past." | |
The car had been travelling into the city from the airport, one Sudanese official said. | |
Gaza connection? | |
In 2009, the Sudanese authorities said a convoy of arms smugglers was hit by unidentified aircraft in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state, Reuters reports. | In 2009, the Sudanese authorities said a convoy of arms smugglers was hit by unidentified aircraft in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state, Reuters reports. |
There was speculation at the time that the strike may have been carried out by Israel to stop weapons bound for Gaza. | There was speculation at the time that the strike may have been carried out by Israel to stop weapons bound for Gaza. |
Israel has not commented on the claims. | Israel has not commented on the claims. |
The BBC's James Copnall, in the Sudanese capital, says Hamas, the group which controls the Gaza Strip, is on good terms with Khartoum. | |
There has been an uneasy peace in eastern Sudan for several years, following one of Sudan's many civil wars. | |
But the region is very underdeveloped even by Sudanese standards, and there are fears about increased illegal activity there, our correspondent says. |