The officials said the fugitives broke out
of Kubar prison and then killed a police officer in a subsequent gun battle
southwest of Omdurman.
"Officers followed and stopped the car the men had been traveling in and
arrested the driver, however the four fugitives managed to escape on foot,"
the international police agency, Interpol, said.
"The escape of these dangerous convicted murderers who showed no
hesitation in firing upon police, leaving one officer dead and another
injured, is a significant threat to the safety and security of citizens, and
Sudan should be commended for their swift actions in alerting the global law
enforcement community and the wider public," Interpol executive director
Jean-Michel Louboutin said on June 12.
In another development, two Sudanese identified as aligned with the
regime of President Omar Bashir have surrendered to the International
Criminal Court. In August 2009, the two, Abdullah Banda Abakaer Nourain and
Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, were indicted on charges of helping direct
attacks on the African Union peacekeeping force in Darfour.