Omdurman: Rhino – A citizen was killed after a hand grenade exploded that an army soldier had placed in his pocket after removing the safety pin and pushing him away before fleeing, according to eyewitnesses from the Al-Salha neighborhood of Omdurman in the capital Khartoum on Friday.

The witnesses explained that a quarrel broke out between the citizen and the soldier, which escalated into a physical altercation. When the citizen overpowered the soldier in the quarrel, the soldier pushed him away after placing a hand grenade in his pocket and removing the safety pin, causing the grenade to explode and blowing the citizen to pieces in front of passersby.

The neighborhoods of Omdurman suffer from significant security chaos. On August 25, gunmen killed merchant Hassan Ahmed Hassan, owner of a supermarket in the famous Abu Rof neighborhood of Omdurman, after an armed group attempted to rob him at gunpoint. When he refused to comply with their threats, they shot and killed him, according to eyewitnesses from the area.

On August 24, a teacher at the Abu Dhar al-Koda school in the Karri district of Omdurman was robbed at gunpoint on Sunday by armed men on a motorcycle who stopped the teacher and robbed her at gunpoint before fleeing. A surveillance camera recorded the incident, which was widely shared on social media.