Rebel fighters from Darfur attacked Omdurman last week, leaving 220 people dead [AFP]

The authorities on Tuesday pressed the hunt for Khalil Ibrahim after a surprise attack outside Sudan's capital last week left more than 220 people dead, 97 of them soldiers.
 
The official Sudan news agency, quoting the defence minister, said Ibrahim was known to be in North Darfur.
 
The fighting on Saturday in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, which lies just across the Nile from the capital, shocked the government, sparking a crackdown on opposition figures.
 
Sudanese security services have arrested more than 300 Sudanese and Chadians following the attack, the foreign ministry said.
 
An army spokesman said that as of Tuesday "there are no more JEM forces inside the capital, although there are some individuals hiding".
 
He said that the rebels had managed to infiltrate the area around the capital by wearing Sudanese army uniforms with civilian clothes underneath, arriving in small numbers and then regrouping.

More than 220 people were killed in Saturday's raid and clashes outside the city over three previous days, as the rebel force headed from the remote west to Omdurman in at least 150 vehicles.
 
A military spokesman said 91 rebels, whom he referred to as "Chadian forces" following allegations of Ndjamena's involvement, were killed in Omdurman and "a lot more" in battles outside the city.
 
He said 34 civilians died in the fighting in Omdurman, including two Egyptians and two Senegalese, and that in total the army captured 68 rebel vehicles and destroyed 75.

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