Fighting Sudan: Assault on the EU ambassador in a house in Khartoum

The European Union’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, said that the European Union’s ambassador to Sudan was attacked at his home in Khartoum.

Borrell did not reveal any details of the attack, but an EU spokeswoman said the ambassador was “fine”.

“The security of diplomatic premises and personnel is the primary responsibility of the Sudanese authorities,” Borrell wrote on Twitter.

Although not named by Mr Borrell, the EU ambassador to Sudan is Aidan O’Hara, an Irish diplomat.

The BBC called Mr. O’Hara’s office.

Mr O’Hara trained as a barrister in Dublin, before starting his career at the Irish Foreign Office in 1986.

Before moving to Sudan, he served as Ambassador of the European Union to Djibouti and Ambassador of Ireland to Ethiopia and South Sudan.

EU spokeswoman Nabila Masrali told AFP that “staff security is our priority” and that the EU delegation had not been evacuated from Khartoum following the attack.

She said they were evaluating their security measures.

Borrell said the attack on Mr O’Hara was a “flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention”, a UN convention that outlines protections for diplomats serving in other countries.

Monday was the third day of fighting in Sudan between the army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces.

Both sides claimed to control key sites in Khartoum, where residents were sheltering from the blasts.

More than 1,800 civilians and combatants have been wounded, according to the UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Berthes. He told reporters on Monday that 185 people had died.

The conflict witnessed several air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy fire on civilian neighborhoods.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said there are currently no plans to evacuate US personnel, although security concerns remain and the closure of Khartoum airport.

But he urged all Americans to take the situation “very seriously.”

The conflict has forced many civilians to take shelter in their homes amid fears of a protracted conflict that could plunge the country into deeper chaos.