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Khartoum: Two suspects were arrested by Sudanese security forces in connection with the killings of a US aid official and his driver in the capital Khartoum six weeks ago, state media reported on Sunday.
The suspects opened fire when they were cornered on Saturday in a suburb of Omdurman, a city close to the Sudanese capital, the SUNA state news agency said. Security officers returned the fire.
SUNA said security forces had tracked the suspects down tothe suburb of Al-Fitaihab in Omdurman after a tip-off.
At least one suspect, a number of security officers and a member of the public were wounded, said SUNA.
John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the US Agency for International Development, was killed by gunmen while returning home from New Year celebrations in Khartoum on January 1. His driver, Abdulrahman Abbas Rahama, 39, was also killed.
Granville was the first US government official to be killed in Khartoum in more than three decades.
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