KHARTOUM: Sudan’s toppled leader Omar al-Bashir had been moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the Sudanese capital before heavy fighting broke out there on April 15, two sources at the hospital said.

The whereabouts of Bashir came into question after a former minister in his government, Ali Haroun, announced on Tuesday he had left the prison with other ex-officials.

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Both Bashir and Haroun are wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged atrocities in Darfur.