Sadly, a French special forces soldier has been seriously injured after being shot while helping French government officials escape from Khartoum, according to Britain’s Africa minister Andrew Mitchell.
Here is a report from The Telegraph
Tuesday 25 April 2023 9:13am BST - excerpt:
French special forces soldier shot on Sudan rescue mission
A French special forces soldier is "gravely ill" after a French team was shot at out outside the embassy as they evacuated diplomats, a British minister has revealed.
"When the French were seeking to evacuate their diplomats, and some people from the wider French government platform... they were shot at as they came out through the embassy gateway and I understand one of their special forces is gravely ill," Andrew Mitchell, Africa minister for the UK Foreign Office, said in parliament on Monday.
It came as British troops flew to Port Sudan to carry out a reconnaissance mission as the Government continues efforts to rescue stranded citizens.
Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/24/sudan-latest-news-uk-diplomats-evacuation/
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