KHARTOUM \u2014 Sudanese anti-aircraft crews shot down an “aerial target” near Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, a military spokesman said on Wednesday, after witnesses reported hearing explosions in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An air base detected the target around 10:45 p.m. (1945 GMT) on Tuesday flying at low altitude over Omdurman’s Wadi Sayidna military area, checked there were no civilian planes nearby and shot it down, military spokesman Colonel Al-Sawarmy Khaled Saad said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After it was hit, it disintegrated and its debris fell to earth in several residential areas of Omdurman, Saad said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saad described the downed aircraft as a “photographic surveillance target,” but said it was still unknown where it came from and did not specify if it was a drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one was hurt in the incident according to the statement, which was published on the website of the defence ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigations were ongoing, Saad said, stressing the “stability of the situation” in the capital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an earlier statement, Saad had denied rumors of “an attempted coup, military clashes or a foreign attack” that circulated on Sudanese social media after the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Witnesses in Omdurman said they heard loud explosions from outside the city late on Tuesday. The area is home to several military installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A resident of the city’s Wad al-Bakhit neighborhood told AFP they had heard several loud blasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When we heard the noise from the explosion, the walls of our house shook and the blast was repeated four times,” he said on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khartoum has accused Israel of launching strikes on targets in Sudan several times in recent years, although Israel refuses to comment on the claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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