By AFP More by this AuthorKhartoum,The bodies of 28 Sudanese army officers involved in a failed coup against former president Omar al-Bashir in 1990 have been found in a mass grave, prosecutors said on Thursday. It is the second mass grave discovered since Bashir, who ruled the African country for three decades and ruthlessly crushed dissent, was overthrown by the army during street protests last year. "Operations are under way to dig up the bodies and medical experts will carry out tests to identify the remains." ANOTHER GRAVEIn mid-June, they uncovered a mass grave of conscripts allegedly killed after trying to flee a military camp in 1998. But opposition groups accused the regime of deliberately killing the conscripts and reported a death toll of more than 100.

Source: Daily Nation July 24, 2020 12:33 UTC