Two Egyptian truck drivers killed, third injured in Khartoum shooting

Two Egyptian truck drivers were killed and a third injured after gunfire targeted Egyptian truck drivers in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Sudanese authorities announced that the perpetrator was apprehended immediately after the incident, while Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the condition of the injured citizen and coordinating the repatriation of the victims’ bodies.

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is closely following the incident, which occurred when an armed individual opened fire on the truck drivers. Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty issued urgent directives for immediate action in coordination with Sudanese authorities.

Nader Zaki, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Egypt’s ambassador to Sudan, Yasser Sarour, held immediate and intensive talks with relevant Sudanese authorities to clarify the circumstances of the attack. Sudanese officials confirmed the assailant was arrested immediately after the incident.

Egyptian directives included checking on the health of the injured citizen and intensifying coordination with the Sudanese side to expedite the transfer of the two drivers’ bodies to Egypt as quickly as possible.

As part of the follow-up, the governor of Khartoum visited the victims to offer condolences and to check on the injured citizen’s condition, with medical staff reporting that the injured man urgently requires surgery, with continuous monitoring of his condition moment by moment in coordination with the Egyptian embassy.