Sudan military shoots down 'aerial target' near capital: army

May 07, 2015 01:35

Sudanese anti-aircraft crews shot down an "aerial target" near Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, a military spokesman said today, after witnesses reported hearing explosions in the area.

An air base detected the target around 10:45 pm (1945 GMT) yesterday 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.

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