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Eyewitness Tells Sputnik About Khartoum University Students' Evacuation Amid Sudan Clashes
Eyewitness Tells Sputnik About Khartoum University Students' Evacuation Amid Sudan Clashes
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Clashes between Sudan's army and the paramilitary rapid Support forces have been raging since Saturday. Sputnik has talked to one of those who were trapped for days in the Khartoum University during the fighting.
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Sudanese student Omer Alfarouq Abulqaseem has narrated to Sputnik details about the events that took place in the vicinity of the General Command of the Sudanese Army in the capital Khartoum while he was inside the university.Abulqaseem said that he was in a dangerous place because he was close to the General Command building, and at the beginning of the clash there were about 15 people with him who could hear the sound of gunfire."During my exit, I contacted a person on the phone so that he would monitor my movement and inform my colleagues of my location if I was subjected to harm, indicating that he had met with members of the army, and when he told them that he was a student, they told him to move quickly away from the place," he said.The Sudanese student also explained how he retrieved the body of one of his colleagues from a dangerous street witnessing clashes, and how those trapped tried to find a solution as to what to do with the corpse so that the body would not be exposed to rot, indicating that an agreement had been reached that their colleague be buried inside the university.Regarding the dangers they were exposed to, he said that a group of young people risked themselves and left the university, and after that an announcement was issued that the students of the University of Khartoum had been evacuated, indicating that this announcement made the rest realize that they could be subjected to random gunfire after that.Abulqaseem said that afterwards, he was able to leave and met army soldiers, telling them that he was a student and that there were other students who needed to leave the university, indicating that they cooperated with him greatly.
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Eyewitness Tells Sputnik About Khartoum University Students' Evacuation Amid Sudan Clashes
17:56 19.04.2023 (Updated: 17:44 27.04.2023) Exclusive
At least 88 people were trapped inside the University of Khartoum campus since the beginning of armed clashes in Sudan's capital on Saturday. Some of those who were stranded managed to flee the campus on Tuesday afternoon, whereas others left later with the help of the army.
Sudanese student Omer Alfarouq Abulqaseem has narrated to Sputnik details about the events that took place in the vicinity of the General Command of the Sudanese Army in the capital Khartoum while he was inside the university.
Abulqaseem said that he
was in a dangerous place because he was close to the General Command building, and at the beginning of the clash there were about 15 people with him who could hear the sound of gunfire.
The indiscriminate bullets were heavy and the movement was very dangerous, and I decided to take risks to bring breakfast to people from outside the Faculty of Engineering.
Omer Alfarouq Abulqaseem
Sudanese student
"During my exit, I contacted a person on the phone so that he would monitor my movement and inform my colleagues of my location if I was subjected to harm, indicating that he had met with members of the army, and when he told them that he was a student, they told him to move quickly away from the place," he said.
The Sudanese student also explained how he retrieved the body of one of his colleagues from a dangerous street witnessing clashes, and how those trapped tried to find a solution as to what to do with the corpse so that the body would not be exposed to rot, indicating that an agreement had been reached that their colleague be buried inside the university.
Regarding the dangers they were exposed to, he said that a group of young people risked themselves and left the university, and after that an announcement was issued that the students of the University of Khartoum had been evacuated, indicating that this announcement made the rest realize that they could be subjected to random gunfire after that.
Abulqaseem said that afterwards, he was able to leave and
met army soldiers, telling them that he was a student and that there were other students who needed to leave the university, indicating that they cooperated with him greatly.
