Eight Convicts in the Case of Attack on Omdurman

The Court for Combating Terrorism No. (2) in Khartoum, headed by Judge Muddathir Al-Rashid, Sunday sentenced to death Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar, and seven others of the Justice and Equality Movement after their conviction in the attack which was staged by the movement on Omdurman in last May. Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar is half brother of the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, Dr. Khalil Ibrahim. The eight members of the Justice and Equality Movement were convicted under articles 21, 24, 50, 51, 60, 63, 65 and 82 of the Criminal Law and articles 5 and 6 of the Act of Weapons and Ammunition. The convicts who were sentenced to death are Abdul-Aziz Nur Ushar, Al-Saddiq Mohamed Jabraldar Jaber, Taj-Eddin Mahmoud Abdul-Rahman, Mohamed Bahar Ali Hamadain, Al-Tayeb Abdul-Karim Idris, Malik Adam Ahmed, Hamid Hassan Hamado and Bashir Adam Ushar Fedail.