Garang helicopter wreckage, bodies found in remote southern Sudan

KAMPALA, Aug 1 (AFP) — The wreckage of a crashed Ugandan helicopter and the bodies of Sudanese Vice President John Garang and the 13 other people on board have been located in a remote area of southern Sudan, a Ugandan official said Monday.

The official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said a UN search team found the debris along with the bodies in an isolated region near Sudan’s border with Kenya and Uganda.

“A UN team that went on the ground witnessed the wreckage,” the official said. “It said that all people on board died.”

In Nairobi, the deputy chief of Garang’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) said the helicopter belonging to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had crashed south of the town of New Kush.