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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 grime 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 strong hold of the Imam and his followers, the Imam asked for time to surrender himself, but instead tried to cross the border into Ethipoa. Members of the Ansar sect were accused of attempting to assistance General Numiery during his visit the previous week to Aba Island. Photo Shows Al Hadi Al Mahdi - who was killed whilst trying to escape to Ethiopia

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