U.N.: Search Crews Find Body at Crash Site

U.N.: Search Crews Find Body at Crash Site

By MOHAMED OSMAN and TANALEE SMITH Associated Press Writers
July 31, 2005
The Associated Press

KHARTOUM, Sudan A U.N. official said search crews on Monday found the site of
a helicopter crash and a body they believe is that of Sudan's vice president,
a former rebel leader who is a key figure in a fledgling peace deal between
the predominantly Arab Muslim government and the Christian south.

Ugandan and Sudanese forces had been searching for John Garang's helicopter
since Sunday and Uganda's president said it had crashed in bad weather in the
border region between the two countries.

Search crews had reached the crash site Monday and found a body they believed
was that of Garang, a U.N. official in Khartoum said, speaking on condition
of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. He said
a U.N. helicopter had arrived in the area to help with the search, but did not
provide more details