Sunday, February 5, 2012

Sudan denies bombing civilians in south

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, school Pastor Zachariah Boulus stands next to a building in the compound of the Heiban Bible College, following a bombing on Wednesday, at the school which was built by Samaritan's Purse, a North Carolina-based aid group, in Heiban, Southern Kordofan, Sudan. Sudan's military bombed the Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations condemned the attack. (AP Photo/Ryan Boyette)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, school Pastor Zachariah Boulus stands next to a building in the compound of the Heiban Bible College, following a bombing on Wednesday, at the school which was built by Samaritan's Purse, a North Carolina-based aid group, in Heiban, Southern Kordofan, Sudan. Sudan's military bombed the Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations condemned the attack. (AP Photo/Ryan Boyette)

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, school Pastor Zachariah Boulus stands next to a building in the compound of the Heiban Bible College, following a bombing on Wednesday, at the school which was built by Samaritan's Purse, a North Carolina-based aid group, in Heiban, Southern Kordofan, Sudan. Sudan's military bombed the Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at the school to run for their lives in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations condemned the attack. (AP Photo/Ryan Boyette)

(AP) ? A Sudanese newspaper says a military spokesman has denied that the country's air force has bombed civilians in a southern province.

The independent Akher Lahza daily ran the report Saturday, one day after teachers said that a Bible school had been attacked.

The paper quoted Col. Sawarmi Khalid Saad as saying that reports of civilians being targeted were "Western plots" to damage Sudan's image.

Pictures obtained by The Associated Press on Friday showed two demolished buildings in the Nuba mountains in South Kordofan state. No one was reported to have been hurt or killed in the Wednesday attack.

U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice said she was outraged by the "heinous" bombing.

The school was built by Samaritan's Purse, a North Carolina-based aid group.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2012-02-04-Sudan-School-Bombed/id-4eb8a71ccdb54fa6aebc7651e1cd1409

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