Sudan 'crushes coup attempt'

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Khartoum - Sudan's military-backed government imposed a security clampdown Saturday after announcing that it had foiled a coup attempt by supporters of jailed former Islamist ally Hassan al-Turabi.

Security forces set up road blocks at strategic locations in and around the capital and searched vehicles and people in an effort to round up suspects, including the alleged coup leader, Al-Haj Adam Youssef, witnesses said.

However, Sudan's main rebel group swiftly accused Khartoum of lying about the alleged coup attempt in order to ward off foreign pressure over its failure to pacify the war-torn western region of Darfur.

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1. Sudan discovers arms cache after coup plot

Khartoum - Sudanese authorities said on Saturday they had found a huge arms cache to be used in a plot to kill government officials and destroy strategic locations in the capital, the Sudanese Media Centre (SMC) said.

Security services said on Friday they had foiled an attempt by elements of Islamist Hassan al-Turabi's opposition Popular Congress (PC) party to kidnap and kill 38 government officials in an attempt to sabotage the government.

The SMC, an agency with close links to the government, showed pictures of an arms cache found in north Khartoum, consisting of 300 rifles, grenades and thousands of rounds of ammunition, which security services said were to be used in the sabotage attempt, the third the PC is accused of involvement in over the past six months.

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