US concerned as Sudan releases man convicted of slaying diplomat

Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said that the US was 'troubled' by the release of a man convicted in connection to the 2008 slaying of a US embassy employee in Khartoum and denied that the US had agreed to the release [File: Susan Walsh/AP Photo]

The United States has expressed “deep concern” about Sudan’s decision to release a man from prison who was convicted in the killing of a US diplomat and a Sudanese colleague.

In a statement on Wednesday, the US Department of State denounced the circumstances surrounding the release of Abdelraouf Abuzeid, who was convicted in the 2008 shooting deaths of embassy employee John Granville and his Sudanese driver Abdel Rahman Abbas.