Sudan’s public prosecutor Taj Al-Sir Ali Al-Hebr on Monday announced discovery of a mass grave east of the capital Khartoum.
“Investigations have reached advanced stages and the file will be put before the judiciary within two or three weeks,” he told reporters, adding the grave containing remains of conscripts allegedly killed in 1998.
In 1998, security forces reportedly opened fire at some conscripts who were trying to flee an obligatory recruitment training camp to spend Eid al-Adha with their families after the authorities refused their leave.
According to media reports then, around 200 conscripts were killed, most of them drowned in the Nile near the Ailafoon camp, east of Khartoum.
In January, the public prosecutor formed an investigation committee over the incident of Ailafoon camp, where the committee received testimonies from witnesses and families of the victims.
