SUDAN 1976 Invaders KHARTOUM SUDAN: THE END OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL COUP AGAINST SUDAN'S PRESIDENT NIMEIRY, AND THREE OF THE PLOTTERS, HANDS ON HEADS ARE HELD FOR INTERROGATION. LATER PRESIDENT NIMEIRY SAID "THE PLAN WAS TO ASSASSINATE ME AND ALL PERSONALITIES AT THE AIRPORT WHEN I RETURNED FROM UNITED STATES". NIMEIRY BLAMED A MERCENARY INFILTRATION FROM LIBYA FOR THE ACTION AND SAID THE ATTACKERS INCLUDED NATIONALS FROM ETHIOPIA, MALI, CHAD, ZANZIBAR, AND SYRIA.