By ANTARA News,
Khartoum : The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday accused the Chadian army of attacking a border area inside Sudan to support an infiltration and sabotage attempt of Darfur rebels in Khartoum and other major cities.
“The Chadian armed forces on Friday launched an attack on the border area of Kashkash,” said SAF spokesman Osman al-Aghbash.
He noted that the SAF confronted the Chadian troops and forced them to pull back to the Chadian territories.
The Chadian armed forces, which suffered casualties, fired artilleries from inside Chad after it withdrew from Sudan territories, the spokesman said.
He said the attack came as a “direct support from the Chadian government for the infiltration and sabotage attempt which the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) was planning to carry out.”
It is reported that the armed members of the JEM, led by Khalil Ibrahim and believed to have the largest military rebel force in Darfur, were attempting to infiltrate Khartoum and other major cities in the country in order to conduct sabotage activities.
Though the JEM had denied such an intention, the Sudanese security forces announced on Friday that they had tightened security measures.
The Sudanese army also said that it had detected infiltrations by the JEM members riding vehicles to the country through the Chadian borders.
The Sudanese government has repeatedly accused the Chadian government of providing support and assistance to the rebel movements in Darfur, but the accusation has been denied by N` Djamena.