EU ambassador assaulted in Khartoum amid violent conflict in Sudan

EU's ambassador in Sudan Aidan O'Hara has reportedly been assaulted at his home in Khartoum, which is gripped by deadly fighting between rival forces, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said.

The Irish diplomat was not "seriously hurt", Martin has confirmed, the BBC reported.

Martin described the attack as a "gross violation of obligations to protect diplomats".

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Around 185 people have been killed and more than 1,800 injured in three days of fighting, according to the UN.

Sudan has been witnessing armed clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 15.

Sudanese General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan

Violent clashes in Sudan's capital of Khartoum renewed on Monday around the Sudanese army command, Khartoum International Airport, and the presidential palace, after a ceasefire for three hours on Sunday.

The Sudanese Army on Monday said that they had limited clashes with the RSF around the perimeter of the army's General Command and the center of Khartoum, Xinhua news agency reported.

"The armed forces are in complete control of all their headquarters, and what is being circulated about the enemy's seizure of the general command, the guesthouse, or the Republican palace is untrue," the army said in a statement.

The army further accused what it called "media mouthpieces" loyal to the RSF of spreading many lies to mislead public opinion.

The army said that the Sudanese Air Force on Monday launched strikes against a number of hostile targets with the aim of ending pockets of the RSF in the capital.

The army further accused what it called "media mouthpieces" loyal to the RSF of spreading many lies to mislead public opinion.

Meanwhile, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the RSF, on Monday urged the international community to intervene to stop what he termed as "crimes of Sudanese army commander."

"The international community must take action now and intervene against the crimes of Sudanese General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, a radical Islamist who is bombing civilians from the air," Dagalo said on his Twitter account on Monday.

"The army is waging a brutal campaign against the innocent, bombing them with missiles," he added.

He also denied that his forces initiated the fighting with the Sudanese army. "We did not attack anyone. Our actions are merely a response to the siege and assault against our force," he said.

Indo-Asian News Service