Sudanese authorities have arrested 16 students accused of forming a terrorist cell in the capital Khartoum, an Arab newspaper reported Friday.Posted on 25 August 2007 @ 13:37 GMTSudan's deputy police chief Muhammad Najib, told the daily, al-Quds al-Arabi that the students were arrested on Thursday during a search for an illegal explosives and other weapons. Police have been carrying out searches throughout the week after an apparent accidental explosion in a house in a Khartoum suburb had led them to seize a haul of hidden weapons.
Three Somali citizens and a Palestinian were arrested in connection with the weapons while a dozen more people have been detained since. The 16 students were arrested in Khartoum's southern al-Salma neighbourhood. Police believe the group were plotting an attack.