SUDAN-GEBEIT-DRONE ATTACK-INTERCEPTION

(240731) -- KHARTOUM, July 31, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan (1st R), also chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council, attends a graduation ceremony of batches of cadets from military, air and naval colleges at a military camp in Gebeit, eastern Sudan, July 31, 2024. The SAF on Wednesday announced the interception of two drones that targeted a military celebration at a military camp in eastern Sudan attended by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. "Our ground anti-aircraft weapons intercepted two hostile drones which targeted the site of the graduation ceremony of batches of cadets from military, air and naval colleges after the ceremony ended in Gebeit," the SAF said in a statement. Five people were killed in the incident, the statement said, noting that minor injuries were being counted. (Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM