Khartoum: Sudan’s military captured four foreigners from the Heglig oilfield who were investigating the site where a fight had recently been fought between Sudan and South Sudan.
Sudan said it had arrested a Norwegian, a Briton, a South African and a South Sudanese for illegally entering a disputed border area earlier on Saturday.
Sudan accused the men of assisting the South Sudan army, but the south denied the claim, Al Jazeera reported.
“We managed today to arrest foreigners; a Briton, a Norwegian, a South Sudanese and a South African,” Al-Sawarmi Khalid, a spokesperson for the Sudanese army, said.
“They were arrested inside Heglig area inside the Sudanese borders while they were doing suspicious acts represented by collecting the remains of the war and other war-related works besides holding some military materials.
“They were brought for investigation and all the information will be released later after their interrogation.”
Josephine Guerrero, a spokeswoman for the UN mission, said: “Four people, including one UN staff member, were taken to Khartoum.” She declined to give any further details.
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