Sudan Bombing Raids Wound 2 and Destroy Prelate's Office

IKOTOS, Sudan, JULY 14, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The Sudanese Air Force carried out new bombing incursions in the south, targeting diocesan buildings and wounding two people, the Misna missionary agency reported.

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The air strike began around 11:20 a.m. Friday here in the East Equatoria region, according to Diocese of Torit spokesman Gervasius Okot. In two strikes, Antonov planes of the Khartoum regime dropped 12 bombs, critically injuring a woman and an elderly man.

Bombs also struck Torit diocesan buildings, destroying the newly built office of Auxiliary Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek.

On June 26, a building for housing priests in Ikotos was struck by the Sudanese bombers. Three days later, another building of the same complex was targeted.

Friday’s attack took place a few hours before the conclusion of a two-day visit in Sudan of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. On arrival in Khartoum, Annan said talks between the Islamic regime and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army were at a good point, going so far as to suggest that an accord might be reached by July 20.

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