Atta has named a seven-member revolutionary council,…
July 1971 CE
Three days after the coup, however, loyal army units storm the palace, rescue Nimeiry, and arrest Atta and his confederates.
Nimeiry, who blames the SCP for the coup, orders the arrest of hundreds of communists and dissident military officers.
The government subsequently executes some of these individuals and imprisons many others.
