The bodies of 28 Sudanese army officers involved in a failed coup against former president Omar al-Bashir in 1990 have been found in a mass grave, prosecutors said on Thursday.
It is the second mass grave discovered since Bashir, who ruled the African country for three decades and ruthlessly crushed dissent, was overthrown by the army during street protests last year.
“Operations are under way to dig up the bodies and medical experts will carry out tests to identify the remains.” He has already been convicted of corruption and is currently on trial over the Islamist-backed 1989 military coup that brought him to power. Authorities have vowed to probe acts committed under Bashir’s rule as well as violence during last year’s protests, which led to his removal from power in April 2019.
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