A mass grave containing 28 bodies has been discovered in Omdurman, city of the capital Khartoum, Sudan.
The mass grave is claimed to have the remains of army officers killed for carrying out the 1989 coup attempt against Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir.
Tagelsir al-Hebr, a public prosecutor, told AFP news agency, “It took three weeks and the work of 22 experts from different fields to locate it.”
“Operations are underway to dig up the bodies and medical experts will carry out tests to identify the remains,” he added.
This is the second mass grave discovered in Sudan recently.
Currently, 20 other officials, along with Al Bashir, are on trial for removing the democratically elected government led by Sadek al-Mahdi in 1989.
Bashir was toppled in 2019 following popular protests that started the civilian uprising in 2018 as anti-austerity demonstrations and turned into demands of an end to Al Bashir’s presidency.
Al Bashir is also sought by the International Criminal Court for accusations of war crimes and genocide in the western Darfur region.