FBI agents to aid in slaying inquiry
Sudanese officials have promised to cooperate with four FBI agents sent to investigate the fatal shooting of a U.S. diplomat, the State Department said.
John Granville, an official with the U.S. Agency for International Development, was being driven home Tuesday when his car was cut off by another vehicle and came under fire, according to the Sudanese Interior Ministry. His driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, was also killed.
A group that monitors militant websites said a message attributing the attack to a previously unknown group had been posted in a chat room, but there was no way to confirm the claim by Ansar al-Tawhid, or Companions of Monotheism.
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