Some 27 persons to be tried in Khartoum over explosions

The Sudanese news agency SUNA reported that the Sudanese Supreme Court postponed until January 24, 1999 the trial of 27 persons before a military court, accused of in being involved in explosions that took place in Khartoum last June.

It was decided to try the convicted persons who are mainly from southern Sudan before the military court in October. They include two clergymen, and six are being tried in absentia.