Sudan as well as rebels condemn Paris bombings

November 14, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government issued a strong condemnation of the series of bombings that hit several parts of the French capital on Friday killing 129 people and injuring more than 200 others.

Khartoum’s foreign ministry spokesperson Ali al-Sadiq said in a written statement that his country sends its condolences to the government and people of France and the families and relatives of the victims.

Al-Sadiq also underscored Sudan’s full solidarity with France and with the international community in supporting efforts exerted to combat violence and fundamentalism that runs against all norms and all religions and against all human values, as the traitorous hands were now targeting innocent people and spreading blind destruction around the world.

The Islamic State group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the bloody attack that hit Paris’s most popular night-spots, including a sold-out concert hall, at restaurants and bars and outside France’s national stadium.

The seven attackers – six blew themselves up and one was shot by police – are the first to ever carry out suicide bombings on French soil.

The rebel group of the Sudan People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) issued a similar condemnation and described as a crime against humanity.

“This attack came amid meetings of the human rights activists and Sudanese opposition leaders in Paris to discuss issues of peace and democracy in Sudan,” SPLM-N Secretary General Yasir Arman said in a statement.

Arman asserted that the Sudanese people have been subject to government terrorism for the past 26 years and called it one of the most brutal regimes which is part of an international network of terrorism.

He stressed that Khartoum is still sponsoring terrorist organizations in Libya and Central Africa.

“We are concerned and we announce full solidarity with the French people and the French government because we ourselves have suffered from terrorism and crimes against humanity.”

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