Supporters of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (portrait) celebrate his
re-election for another five years in office, on April 27, 2015, in
Khartoum. AFP PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY
KHARTOUM
A man died after
being injured in clashes between two groups of university students in
the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday, the interior ministry said
in a statement.
Violence erupted between students
supporting the ruling National Congress Party and another group from
Darfur who criticised recent elections won by President Omar al-Bashir,
an eyewitness said.
"After a dispute between two groups
of students from Sharq al-Nil University College, one of the groups
attacked the other inside the university campus," the interior ministry
said in a statement on its website.
Several people were
hurt in the clash and one of those, Mohammed Awad, "was injured and
transferred to a hospital, where he died," the statement said, without
giving details about the deceased.
Police in Khartoum are investigating the clashes, the ministry said.
An
eyewitness told AFP "students from Darfur were criticising the
elections when students from the National Congress Party attacked them
and there were clashes between them".
Several students were injured, including Awad, the witness added.
Bashir
was re-elected on Monday with more than 94 percent of the vote, in an
election that had faced international criticism even before it started.
He is wanted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes in Darfur.
Ethnic insurgents mounted a campaign against Bashir's Arab-dominated government in 2003, complaining of their marginalisation.
More than 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million forced to flee their homes because of the conflict, the UN says.
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