By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM, Sudan

A diplomat was killed on Friday in an attack on Sudan’s Embassy in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

According to the statement, the diplomat was killed during clashes between police and embassy guards in Bangui.

"Sudan’s embassy staff at the CAR capital of Bangui, Salih Abu Haniya, has been killed" as a result of clashes that took place between the police and the guards of our embassy, it said.

The Foreign Ministry summoned the CAR ambassador in capital Khartoum in protest against the attack.

The statement added the CAR president and the minister of interior attended the funeral ceremony of the slain diplomat and promised to deliver justice.