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Sally Hind

"It's terrifying" Scots mum trapped in war-torn Sudan with kids tells of horror

A Scots mum trapped in Sudan with her kids yesterday begged the UK Government to rescue them as fierce fighting rages on.

Jennifer McLellan spoke of her terror as she hunkered down with her husband Mohamed and their four children near capital Khartoum with the sound of gunfire closing in and accused the British authorities of “abandoning” their citizens while evacuating diplomats from the war-torn African nation.

The family fled their house in the capital in recent days, where fighting sparked by a vicious power struggle between the Sudanese Army and a powerful paramilitary force has killed hundreds and injured thousands.

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