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UPDATED: 07:43, August 04, 2005
Riot situation in Khartoum under control: police
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The riot situation here in the Sudanese capital has been under full control, the city's Security Commission said on Wednesday.

The commission said in a statement that police patrols were doing their best to keep order and stand up firmly to looters and saboteurs.

Riots broke out in the streets of Khartoum after the first vice president and southern leader John Garang was confirmed dead in a helicopter crash on his way back from Uganda to southern Sudan Saturday night.

Deputy Chief of the Sudanese police Sayid al-Hussein Othman told reporters that 46 people were reported dead and 306 injured as a result of the overcrowded struggle and the exchange of throwing with stones, during which some 106 vehicles were damaged and 45 shops were burnt and looted.

A night curfew from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am (Sudan time) continued Tuesday in a bid to maintain order following the deadly riots, said the commission's statement.

It urged the Sudanese to practice self-restraint and nip sedition in the bud.

Meanwhile, Kamal-addin Ja'far, chief of sector of crime in Khartoum state police, noted that all incidents took place on Tuesday were at the outskirts of Khartoum while the situation in the middle of the capital was calm.

He stressed that the situation would have been worse without the distinctive treatment of the police who dealt with responsibility and indiscriminacy.

Ja'far urged the Sudanese people to abide by the law against " the enemies of the Sudanese nation and peace".

Source: Xinhua


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