Khalil Ibrahim is dead: Sudan army

December 24, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The spokesperson of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Al-Sawarmi Khalid Sa’ad announced that the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Khalil Ibrahim has been killed in the ongoing battles in Kordofan.

There were unconfirmed reports earlier in the day that JEM chief was injured during the clashes with Sudanese troops.

It is expected that JEM would issue a statement on this sometime on Sunday.

On Saturday the Sudanese authorities acknowledged that JEM has launched wide scale attacks for the second day in remote areas on the borders of North Kordofan state and North Darfur.

The governor of North Darfur Osman Kibir had said that JEM attacked 20 villages and carried out killing and looting among ordinary citizens.

(ST)