Africa - Egypt

1970 - Imam killed in attempt to escape: Imam Al Hadi Al Mahdi was killed on (March 31) when trying to escape to Ethiopia after ab attempted revolt against their gime of Major-General Numeiry, Prime Minister and Leader of the Revolutionary Council of the Sudan. General Numeiry said that after the Army had liquidated pockets of resistance on Aba Island, the White Nile stronghold of the Iman and his followers, the Iman asked for time to surrender himself, but instead tried to cross the border into Ehtiopia. Members of the Ansar sect were accused of attempting to assassinate General Numeiry during his visit the previous weak is Aba Island. Photo shows Major General Numeiry on a landrover being accorded a standing ovation by the crowd while visiting the White Nile province

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Accorded Asked Assassinate Attempted Attempting Ethiopia Followers Hadi Imam Iman Instead Landrover Liquidated Mahdi Major-general Numeiry Ovation Previous Revolt Sect Stronghold Sudan Tried Weak

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