RSF broke into Sudan's Kober prison, freed Bashir, other detainees

Omar al-Bashir. Credit: AFP File Photo

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) broke into five prisons and released detainees, including ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir and other top officials from Kober prison, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

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Police said the raid on Kober led to the killing and injury of several prison officials, adding that the RSF released all who were held there.

The prison break-ins took place between April 21-24, the ministry said.