Man Jailed for Stabbing Russia Diplomat, Wife in Khartoum
A man from the Central African Republic who stabbed a Russian diplomat and his wife in Khartoum has been jailed for three years, Russia's embassy in Sudan said on Wednesday.
The couple were attacked just outside their Khartoum diplomatic mission on January 28, in a rare example of violence against foreigners in Sudan.
Police said the attacker, grieving the death of his brother in the Central African Republic which borders Sudan, asked the Russians if they were French and then knifed them.
Thousands of African and French troops have been deployed in Central African Republic on a mission to halt sectarian killings.
"Three years," Russian embassy charge d'affaires Yury Vidakas told Agence France Presse, confirming the verdict as reported by state-linked Sudanese media.
Asked about the health of the victims, he said: "They are OK."
Source: Agence France Presse
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