Saudi airline says plane caught fire at Khartoum airport

April 15 (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian Airlines plane came under fire during clashes at Sudan's Khartoum airport on Saturday, the state-owned carrier said.

It said it had transferred its passengers, crew and staff from the airport to the Saudi embassy in the capital Khartoum,

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and suspended flights to and from Sudan until further notice.

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Clashes broke out on Saturday between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) paramilitary group,

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with gunfire heard in several parts of Khartoum and witnesses in surrounding towns reporting shots fired.

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(This has been corrected to reflect the same, not different, airline suspending flights)

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