SPLA-N rebels shot down Sudanese unmanned plane
March 17, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudan people’s liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) said they shot down a Sudanese military unmanned plane in a rebel controlled area in South Kordofan on Wednesday.
Lodi further stated that the drone was mapping schools, hospitals and water sources as well as markets before to bomb it by the Antonov planes.
The government forces have resumed summer attacks on the positions of the Sudanese rebels in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states since the failure of peace talks to reach a cessation of hostilities deal last December.
In a separate statement on Thursday, the rebel spokesperson said they killed five members of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in an ambush on the road of West Kordofan-El-Obeid on 16 Mars.
Lodi said that the attack which took place in Alshareet Alramly area in South Kordofan where they captured eight NISS members and destroyed two vehicles and one truck.
The Sudanese army didn’t issue a statement on the attack and its spokesperson was not available for comment.
This is the third time, rebels in South Kordofan claim the shot down of unmanned planes.
On March 14, 2012 they said they shot down a Sudanese drone in the disputed area of Jau, near the border with South Sudan.
Also, the rebel group announced the shot down of an unmanned spy aircraft near Abri, Dalami town in the far east of Dilling district in South Kordofan.
(ST)