Sudan’s former president being held at military-run hospital

The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling one another across the capital Khartoum (Marwan Ali/AP)

Sudan’s former autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir is being held in a military-run hospital, according to the military in their first official statement on the deposed president’s location since the fighting began.

An attack on the prison where al-Bashir and many of his former officials had been held had raised questions over his whereabouts and allegations he had been freed.