A SUDANESE court has sentenced to death a top Darfur rebel and seven others, bringing to 38 the number condemned to hang over an unprecedented attack on Khartoum that killed more than 222 people.
Abdul Aziz Ashur, half brother of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim, and seven alleged cohorts were sentenced to hang after a trial that began on July 3.
The judge handed down the death sentence today after declaring them guilty under Sudanese criminal and counter-terrorism legislation of involvement in the May attack on Khartoum. He gave them two weeks to appeal.
