A Sudanese passenger plane which was hijacked on Tuesday at Niyala, the capital city of South Darfur State in the restive western Sudanese region of Darfur, has landed in Libya, Qatar's al-Jazeera TV reported.
The plane, which was hijacked after taking off at the Niyala airport flying toward Khartoum, has landed at Al-Kafra Airport, according to the report.
The Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV said the plane was carrying 83 passengers and was hijacked by a Sudanese man.
Only several hours earlier, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accused the armed rebel movements in Darfur of "continuing organized robbery and spoilage" in the region.
Addressing a ceremony of celebration for the graduation of a new batch of officers at a military academy in Khartoum, al-Bashir said that "foreign powers are supporting the armed movements in Darfur in order to weaken the country and steal its resources."
More than ten thousand people have been killed and millions of others displaced in the five-year-long conflict in Darfur.
Source:Xinhua
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