Sudan accuses Israel of bombing arms factory

Sudan accused Israel of bombing a military arms factory in El Shajara district in southern Khartoum on Tuesday night, October 23, causing panic among the area’s residents, Radio Dabanga has learned. The bombing resulted in a fire which killed two people and injured another, sources told Radio Dabanga. The Sudanese minister of culture and information, Ahmed Bilal Osman, said in a press conference on Wednesday that “the bombing was carried out by four Israeli planes approaching the factory site from the east.” The minister added that the aircrafts used were “radar-evading” planes and said that all examined evidence found between remains and unexploded missiles, pointed towards Israel. He stated that “the main purpose behind the attack was to disrupt the capacity of the Sudanese military and to freeze its development.” “Sudan reserves the right to retaliate”He stressed that the factory does not manufacture prohibited weapons and called the manufacturing site a “national right to establish conventional weapons, in line with international law”. Osman stated that “Sudan reserves the right to retaliate at any time and place”, but ruled out a direct attack on Israel.Israel’s defense and foreign ministries declined to comment on the accusations.