On Thursday, the Sudanese Public Prosecution announced the discovery of a "terrorist cell" affiliated with the "Brotherhood" in Egypt, and said it was planning attacks in the country.
The Sudanese Attorney General’s office stated that a prosecutor in a suburb of the capital, Khartoum, registered a case against a member of a “terrorist cell that was planning to carry out bombings” in Sudanese cities.
The source stated in a written statement: “The Supreme Prosecutor directed Hajj Youssef (east of Khartoum), Mu'tasim Mahmoud, to file a criminal case under Articles 165 of the Sudanese Criminal Code and Article 26 of weapons and ammunition, and Article 5/6 combating terrorism in the face of the terrorist cell elements.”
On Tuesday, the Sudanese authorities seized at the home of one of the group’s members “explosive devices, belts, chemicals, electronic devices and maps for some Sudanese cities.”
The statement added: “According to the confession of the accused, the network is affiliated with the Egyptian Brotherhood.” Judicial orders were issued to arrest the rest of the cell.
The Egyptian government had accused the ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s regime of harboring members of the group that Cairo classifies as terrorist.
"The defendant acknowledged that he had received training in the manufacture and installation of explosives, and that he and the rest of the network's members were sent through smuggling (months ago to Sudan), and that the aim of the network was to carry out explosive operations inside Sudan," the statement said.