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Sudanese rebel group denies hijacking plane

KHARTOUM
Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:51pm EDT
A Sudanese passenger plane was hijacked between the town of Nyala in Darfur and has landed in Libya, the Arabic satellite TV channel Al Jazeera said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Graphics

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A spokesman for the Abdel Wahed faction of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) on Wednesday denied the Darfur group had any role in hijacking a Sudanese passenger plane.

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"We took no part in this hijacking at all. It is completely against our aims, values and objectives. We condemn this hijacking with a strong voice," spokesman Yahya al-Bashir said, speaking by telephone from Britain.

The satellite channel Al Jazeera said the hijackers were 10 members of the Abdel Wahed faction of the divided SLM, one of the original rebel groups in the troubled region.

(Reporting by Andrew Heavens; Writing by Jonathan Wright; editing by Andrew Dobbie)
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