The European Union ambassador to Sudan was attacked in his residence in Khartoum on Monday, the bloc’s high diplomat Josep Borrell stated, as preventing between rival generals gripped the nation.

“A number of hours in the past, the EU Ambassador in Sudan was assaulted in his personal residency,” Borrell wrote on Twitter, with out detailing any accidents to the envoy.

“Safety of diplomatic premises and workers is a major duty of Sudanese authorities and an obligation beneath worldwide regulation,” he added.

The European Union’s ambassador to Sudan is 58-year-old Irish diplomat Aidan O’Hara. EU spokeswoman Nabila Massrali informed AFP that he was “OK” following the assault.

“The safety of the workers is our precedence,” she stated. “The EU delegation has not been evacuated. Safety measures are being assessed.”

Eire’s deputy prime minister and overseas minister Micheal Martin stated O’Hara was “not significantly harm” however that the assault was “a gross violation of obligations to guard diplomats beneath the Vienna Conference”.

“Aidan is an impressive Irish and European diplomat who’s serving the EU beneath probably the most troublesome circumstances,” Martin stated.

“We thank him for his service and name for an pressing cessation of violence in Sudan, and resumption of dialogue.”

Combating between the Sudanese military and a rival paramilitary faction has killed round 200 individuals and wounded 1,800 after three days of city warfare.

The United Nations has referred to as for an instantaneous ceasefire and worldwide our bodies, together with the European Union, have expressed grave concern.