Gunman kills two Egyptian truck drivers in Khartoum; Cairo restricts Sudan routes

A shooting targeting Egyptian truck drivers in Khartoum killed two drivers and wounded a third, prompting repatriation and new routing restrictions on Sudan travel.

• A shooting in Khartoum killed Egyptian truck drivers Ikramy Shafiq and Mohamed Khasaba and wounded a third driver.
• The two bodies were flown to Cairo and buried in funeral processions held in Dakahlia governorate villages.
• Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aty tasked the Egyptian ambassador with contacting Sudanese authorities over the incident.
• The Alexandria chamber announced instructions confining Egyptian truck drivers to northern Sudan, including Wadi Halfa and Dongola.
• Egypt's General Authority for Land and Dry Ports suspended indefinitely the passage of Egyptian trucks through the Qastal land port into Sudan.
• Alexandria University said Thursday it was verifying reports that a student wrote offensive comments about the victims, without confirming the author's affiliation.