16 armed men burglarize Sudanese Central Bank

Sources in the Sudanese Ministry of Interior announced yesterday that 16 armed men seized $1 million in an armed robbery of one of the Sudanese central bank's branches in Niala state in the western part of the country.

The sources stated that the armed men were wearing military uniforms and arrived in a car that was carrying a governmental license plate.

The sources added that the armed men broke into the bank by force, threatened the employees and fled after taking one of the employees hostage.