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Eye-witness to U.S. shooting comes forward in Sudan | ||
2008-01-14 | ||
KHARTOUM (Rooters) - A man who witnessed the murder of a U.S. aid official and his driver in Khartoum has contacted police investigators, Sudan's justice minister said on Monday. "There is an eye witness to the shooting who has given some information," Mohammed Ali al-Mardi told Reuters. "We are hoping this will tighten the police's grip on the suspect or suspects." John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, was shot and killed while returning home from New Year's celebrations in Khartoum in the early hours of January 1. Granville's driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, 39, was also killed. Granville was the first U.S. government official killed in Khartoum in more than three decades and U.S. security agents were looking into reports that a previously unknown militant group was behind the attack. An Islamist Web site posted a message from a Al-Mardi refused to comment on whether investigators were any closer to determining whether Granville and Rahama were targeted by a militant group, or whether they were attacked for other reasons. "I will not release any information that might prejudice the course of the investigation," he said. The minister would also not say whether other witnesses had contacted police.
U.S. agents from the FBI and the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security flew into Khartoum last week to help Sudanese security services with the investigation. (Writing by Andrew Heavens, editing and syntax and grammar corrections by Mary Gabriel)
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Posted by:anonymous5089 |
#2 #1 Bets on who has the longer life expectancy, this man or a 'witness' in Jersey City? Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-14 08:56 Now THAT's a toss-up! I'd say it all depends on the weather... |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-01-14 15:03 |
#1 Bets on who has the longer life expectancy, this man or a 'witness' in Jersey City? |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-14 08:56 |