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The incident, which took place in the southern district of Jabra on Monday, also left one army dead.
Four suspected members of the ISIL group (ISIS) were killed in a raid by security forces in the capital Khartoum, the Sudanese general intelligence service said.
The incident, which took place in the southern Jabra district on Monday, also left one army dead, SUNA news agency reported citing an declaration of the intelligence service.
Three soldiers were also injured, while four members of the “terrorist cell” were arrested, the news agency added.
“The terrorist group fired heavy fire at our forces,” SUNA reported, adding that assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and grenades had been used.
Witnesses in the Jabra neighborhood told Reuters news agency that they saw security forces exchanging gunshots with a group inside a residential building and shutting down the area’s main road.
SUNA also reported the arrest on Sunday of eight “foreign elements” in the Omdurman district of Khartoum.
Monday’s raid took place in the same neighborhood where, last Tuesday, five members of the General Intelligence Service were killed, while six others were wounded as security forces attacked “a cell linked to the Islamic State group”.
Eleven suspects of different nationalities were also arrested during the raid.
Attacks by armed groups were rare in Sudan, which hosted al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden between 1992 and 1996.
Bin Laden was then expelled under pressure from the United States after Washington placed Sudan on its list of “sponsor states of terrorism”.
The United States finally removed Sudan from its blacklist last December, after Sudan agreed to normalize relations with Israel.
The presence of cells of armed groups is one of the challenges the country faces as it goes through a difficult transition to a democratic government led by civilians after the impeachment in 2019 of former President Omar al-Bashir.
Tensions between military and civilian groups, who are engaged in a power-sharing deal until the 2023 elections, bottomed out last month following a coup attempt that officials blamed on soldiers loyal to the previous government.
After the failed takeover, civilian officials accused military leaders of overstepping their borders, while generals criticized the civilian management of the economy and the political process, saying their forces were being neglected and disrespectful.
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