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Susie Beever & Neil Shaw

British man, 85, shot dead and wife starves to death after 'being left behind' in Sudan

An 85-year-old British man has been shot by snipers in Sudan and his wife died of starvation after being left behind in the country, family have said.

London hotel owner Abdalla Sholgami and his 80-year-old wife Alaweya Rishwan, were living opposite the UK embassy in the country's capital, Khartoum, and were directed to cross a warzone to board an evacuation flight 25km away.

According to their granddaughter Azhaar Sholgami who grew up in the country, this is despite Ms Rishwan being disabled.

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