Khartoum shooting kills two Egyptian truck drivers, wounds a third

A shooting in Khartoum has killed two Egyptian truck drivers and wounded a third; the wounded driver is stable after surgery and Sudan holds a suspect.

• The shooting in Khartoum on Monday killed two Egyptian truck drivers and wounded a third.
• Foreign Ministry spokesman Nader Zaki announced the wounded driver, Ahmed Ahmed Ali, underwent successful surgery and is stable.
• Zaki said Sudanese authorities arrested the suspect, who is detained pending investigation, and are cooperating to transfer the two bodies to Egypt.
• The family of one victim in Dakahlia said he was the sole breadwinner and urged the Foreign Ministry to speed up repatriating the bodies.
• The shooting occurred in a market in southern Khartoum, where gunmen opened fire on the Egyptian truck drivers.
• The dead truck driver was identified as Ekramy, son of Mohamed Shafiq, who had arrived in Khartoum about 20 days before the shooting.
• His father said Ekramy supported a family of more than 18 people and regularly hauled food aid shipments, including to Gaza.
• Ekramy's father said their last contact was about 10 days before his death, while his son was in Sudan.