US embassy in Khartoum shreds passports – The National

US embassy in Khartoum shreds passports – The National

The American embassy in Khartoum destroyed an unspecified number of passports belonging to Sudanese citizens and people from other countries who had applied for US visas, the State Department said on Friday.

“Because the security environment did not allow us to safely return those passports, we followed our procedure to destroy them rather than leave them behind unsecured,” a State Department representative said in a statement.

“It is standard operating procedure during these types of situations to take precautions to not leave behind any documents, materials or information that could fall into the wrong hands and be misused.”