The son of Sudanese army chief and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who was seriously injured in a March traffic accident in Turkey, has died in an Ankara hospital, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, citing local media.
Mohammed Fattah al-Burhan Rahmane was riding his motorcycle in the Turkish capital of Ankara when he collided with a utility vehicle and was thrown several meters from his motorcycle.
He was taken to a hospital, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. He died in the hospital on Friday, two months after the March 6 accident, the private news agency DHA reported on Friday.
Mohamed Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, son of Sudan's Sovereign Council Chairman and Army Commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, passed away on Friday in Turkey.https://t.co/JzZRpLlGTv pic.twitter.com/T0ZHZY0YC5
— Sudan Tribune (@SudanTribune_EN) May 4, 2024
A brutal conflict between the Sudanese army under the leadership of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of his ex-deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has been tearing the country apart for more than a year.
The war has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions more to flee what the United Nations has described as the ” largest displacement crisis in the world.”
It has also triggered acute food shortages and a humanitarian crisis that threatens people in the northeast African country with starvation.
In November of last year, the Somali president’s son was also involved in a fatal car accident in Turkey.
Mohammed, the son of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Turkish court when the car he was driving collided with a motorcycle delivery man in Istanbul.
Yunus Emre Göçer, the father of two, died in the hospital six days later.
In January a Turkish court sentenced Mohammed to a fine of less than $1,000 for accidentally knocking down and killing the delivery driver, although prosecutors had demanded a prison sentence of up to six years.
Turkey has had close relations with Somalia for the last 10 years and is the Horn of Africa nation’s leading economic partner.
The two countries also maintain close military relations.
