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Sudan General Says Coup Attempt Foiled

Agence France-Presse

   KHARTOUM - Sudan's ruling military council has foiled a coup attempt, a
   top general announced on state television Thursday, saying that 12
   officers and four soldiers had been arrested.

   The announcement came as the ruling military and civilian protesters
   agreed last week to end a political impasse after the army in April
   ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir on the back of a popular uprising.

   "Officers and soldiers from the army and National Intelligence and
   Security Service, some of them retired, were trying to carry out a
   coup," General Jamal Omar of the ruling military council said in a
   statement broadcast live on state television.

   "The regular forces were able to foil the attempt," he said, but did
   not say when the attempt was made.

   Omar said of the 12 officers arrested, five of them were retired, and
   that security forces were looking for the mastermind of the attempted
   coup.

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