Sudan announces probe into Garang’s death

KHARTOUM, Aug 3 (AFP) — Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir announced Wednesday the launch of a committee to probe the death of former southern rebel leader and the country’s first vice president John Garang.

Beshir spoke of “the formation of a national commission with the cooperation of the SPLM to investigate and establish the facts about the helicopter crash that cost John Garang his life,” in a speech broadcast on public television.

Garang, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), was killed in helicopter crash on Saturday that many of his supporters say was not an accident.