DOHA, Apr 16 shelling damage at Khartoum International Airport during armed clashes that broke out in the Sudanese capital on Saturday, the Saudi airline said in a Twitter statement.
“The plane was fired upon while preparing for a scheduled flight to Riyadh from Khartoum while crew members and guests were on board, it was damaged. All crew members arrived safely at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Sudan,” the report says. message.
Earlier, the Saudi Arabian air carrier suspended flights to Sudan and returned all aircraft that were on the way or in the sky over Sudan.
On Saturday morning, a correspondent in Sudan reported the start of clashes between the Rapid Reaction Forces and the regular army in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Later, clashes between the military forces spread to other Sudanese regions. As Reuters reported with reference to the country's central committee of doctors, at least 25 people died and 183 were injured as a result of these clashes.