Ankara: After the ongoing tension in Sudan, Turkey is continuing the process of evacuating its citizens from there safely, but in the meantime, there has been an incident of firing on the plane.
This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of Turkey. The spokesman says that the plane that was going to evacuate Turkish citizens outside the capital of Sudan, Tarkum, was fired upon.
A foreign news agency According to the report In a statement, the spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that we have allocated five C-130 planes for the evacuation of 210 of our citizens from Saydna Valley, north of Khartoum.
The statement of the Ministry of National Defense said that the C-130 plane which was going to Saydana Valley for a mission to evacuate civilians trapped in Sudan was fired upon with light weapons.
According to a foreign media report, the Turkish Ministry of Defense says that fortunately, no one was killed or injured in the incident, while the plane was safely landed in Saydna Valley.
The Turkish C-130 military transport plane that was hit by the Rapid Support Forces militias (#RSF) as it was preparing to land at Wadi Sidna Air Base in Khartoum. pic.twitter.com/1iqyCng80F
— Mahmoud Gamal (@mahmouedgamal44) April 28, 2023
The evacuated Turkish nationals were very happy with their timely and safe evacuation, a statement issued on the Ministry of Defense’s Twitter account said that the evacuation operation will continue uninterrupted until all Turkish nationals are transferred to Turkey.
On the other hand, the Sudanese army blamed the rebels for the incident of firing on the Turkish plane, saying that the paramilitary was involved in the incident of damaging the plane’s fuel system by firing, while the Rapid Support Force rejected the allegations of the army and said that they They are committed to a humanitarian ceasefire.
It should be noted that the Sudanese army and the rebels agreed to a ceasefire for three more days last night. During the first cease-fire, several countries had safely evacuated thousands of their citizens from Sudan through evacuation operations.
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