Two brothers of Sudan’s deposed president Omar Bashir have been arrested and detained, the military disclosed on Thursday.
In a statement, the Transitional Military Council said they are detaining Abbas and Abdullah Bashir in a bid to rein in figures synonymous with the ousted regime.
The military did not say where the pair are being held amidst reports that an irregular militia associated with Bashir has been placed under police control.
The council said it is searching for many Bashir regime figures who disappeared following his overthrow last Thursday.
News of the detention of Bashir’s brothers came hours after the ousted president was transferred to the Kober maximum security prison in the capital Khartoum.
Bashir 75, lost power last Thursday after the military intervened following four weeks of angry demonstrations calling on him to step down.
He had been in power since a military coup in 1989.
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