A Sudanese army plane crashes in a residential area, killing forty-six people

According to military officials, a senior commander was among the 46 individuals killed when a Sudanese army plane crashed in a residential neighborhood close to a military airfield in Omdurman, the capital’s twin city, according to the Khartoum state media office.

In northern Omdurman, the incident happened late Tuesday close to the Wadi Sayidna military airfield. The Sudanese army said that a number of soldiers and civilians had been killed in the conflict, but it gave no other information.

According to military authorities, the plane crash was probably caused by technical issues. According to the media office, ten others were hurt.

Major General Bahr Ahmed, a top officer in Khartoum who had previously been in charge of the army’s whole capital, was among those murdered, according to military officials.