Sudan: Five security forces killed in raid targeting ISIL cell

Security forces arrested ’11 foreign terrorists from different nationalities’ in raid, intelligence services says.

Sudan’s intelligence services has said five counterterrorism officers have been killed during a raid in the capital targeting a cell linked to the ISIL (ISIS) armed group.

“Two officers and three non-commissioned officers” were killed during Tuesday’s operation in Khartoum, the agency said in a statement.

Security forces arrested “11 foreign terrorists from different nationalities” in the raid, while “four foreign terrorists managed to escape”, the statement added.