SAF: Arrest Prisoners of “mercenaries” from S.Sudan and Chad
Sudan Events – Follow-ups
A Sudanese army SAF intelligence official revealed that the battle to control the radio and television buildings in Omdurman resulted in the arrest of prisoners of mercenaries from the countries of South Sudan and Chad, who were fighting in the ranks of the Rapid Support RSF militia.
Omdurman military area intelligence official, Lt.Col. Abdul Baqi Al-Tayeb Abdul Rahim, affirmed in press statements that among the mercenary prisoners who were arrested were fighters from South Sudan trained to deal with heavy and medium artillery, while the Chadian prisoners were mostly minors.
The intelligence official indicated that the Sudanese Armed Forces SAF are reassuring the families of prisoners in Chad and South Sudan that they will deal with the mercenary prisoners in accordance with international laws regarding prisoners.
He explained that the prisoners were in a deplorable state of fear, shock and hunger, as the armed forces provided health and psychological care to the prisoners, especially since they included minor children.
The SAF displayed a group of prisoners consisting of seven fighters, including four from South Sudan and three others from Chad, who it said were captured during the battle for control of radio and television.
One of the South Sudanese prisoners, Lual Ajo, said that he left Al-Meiram to join the Rapid Support RSF Militia in Al-Daein last June, noting that he specialized in dealing with the 120 cannon.
The prisoner, Zakaria, who is of Chadian nationality and is 16 years old, stated that he joined the militia in exchange for receiving money that he did not receive until he was captured.
Among the prisoners were South Sudanese citizens living in the Suba suburb south of Khartoum. They said that the militia arrested them and forced them to fight within its ranks.
It is noteworthy that the prisoners reported that they were part of a larger group of foreign fighters consisting of 51 fighters from South Sudan and 27 fighters from Chad, who were transferred from several directions to the radio and television buildings that were under the control of the militia before they were liberated by the SAF.
