Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Militant Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran (Renunciation and Exile) faction
Number of victims: 23
Date of murders: December 8, 2000
Date of birth: 1967
Victims profile: Male worshippers
Method of murder: Shooting (Kalashnikov assault rifle)
Location: Omdurman, Sudan
Status: Shot to death by police
Abbas al-Baqer Abbas - A gunman opened fire at Muslim worshippers in Sudan who were performing their night prayers, killing 20 and wounding dozens before being shot dead by police.
The attacker, Abbas al-Baqer Abbas -- identified as a member of an Islamic militant group Takfir wal Hijra -- walked onto the mosque grounds in the village of Garaffa and began firing an automatic rifle through a window at the worshippers, said Khartoum police General Osman Gaafar.
Police spokesman General Osman Yakoub Ali told reporters that four police units rushed to the al-Sunna al-Mohammediyya Mosque and shot the gunman after he refused to surrender. Twenty worshippers were killed and 33 others wounded, including a policeman. Garaffa is a village outside Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum.
Characteristics: Militant Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran (Renunciation and Exile) faction
Number of victims: 23
Date of murders: December 8, 2000
Date of birth: 1967
Victims profile: Male worshippers
Method of murder: Shooting (Kalashnikov assault rifle)
Location: Omdurman, Sudan
Status: Shot to death by police
Abbas al-Baqer Abbas - A gunman opened fire at Muslim worshippers in Sudan who were performing their night prayers, killing 20 and wounding dozens before being shot dead by police.
The attacker, Abbas al-Baqer Abbas -- identified as a member of an Islamic militant group Takfir wal Hijra -- walked onto the mosque grounds in the village of Garaffa and began firing an automatic rifle through a window at the worshippers, said Khartoum police General Osman Gaafar.
Police spokesman General Osman Yakoub Ali told reporters that four police units rushed to the al-Sunna al-Mohammediyya Mosque and shot the gunman after he refused to surrender. Twenty worshippers were killed and 33 others wounded, including a policeman. Garaffa is a village outside Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum.
Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Militant Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran (Renunciation and Exile) faction
Number of victims: 23
Date of murders: December 8, 2000
Date of birth: 1967
Victims profile: Male worshippers
Method of murder: Shooting (Kalashnikov assault rifle)
Location: Omdurman, Sudan
Status: Shot to death by police
Abbas al-Baqer Abbas - A gunman opened fire at Muslim worshippers in Sudan who were performing their night prayers, killing 20 and wounding dozens before being shot dead by police.
The attacker, Abbas al-Baqer Abbas -- identified as a member of an Islamic militant group Takfir wal Hijra -- walked onto the mosque grounds in the village of Garaffa and began firing an automatic rifle through a window at the worshippers, said Khartoum police General Osman Gaafar.
Police spokesman General Osman Yakoub Ali told reporters that four police units rushed to the al-Sunna al-Mohammediyya Mosque and shot the gunman after he refused to surrender. Twenty worshippers were killed and 33 others wounded, including a policeman. Garaffa is a village outside Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum.
Characteristics: Militant Al-Takfir wa al-Hijran (Renunciation and Exile) faction
Number of victims: 23
Date of murders: December 8, 2000
Date of birth: 1967
Victims profile: Male worshippers
Method of murder: Shooting (Kalashnikov assault rifle)
Location: Omdurman, Sudan
Status: Shot to death by police
Abbas al-Baqer Abbas - A gunman opened fire at Muslim worshippers in Sudan who were performing their night prayers, killing 20 and wounding dozens before being shot dead by police.
The attacker, Abbas al-Baqer Abbas -- identified as a member of an Islamic militant group Takfir wal Hijra -- walked onto the mosque grounds in the village of Garaffa and began firing an automatic rifle through a window at the worshippers, said Khartoum police General Osman Gaafar.
Police spokesman General Osman Yakoub Ali told reporters that four police units rushed to the al-Sunna al-Mohammediyya Mosque and shot the gunman after he refused to surrender. Twenty worshippers were killed and 33 others wounded, including a policeman. Garaffa is a village outside Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum.
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