Family Says Sudan Freed Man Convicted of Killing US Diplomat

The flag-draped coffin of U.S. diplomat John Granville, 33, who worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, is received by U.S. officials in Khartoum, Sudan, on Jan. 3, 2008. Abd Raouf/AP Photo

CAIRO—Sudanese authorities have released a man convicted of the 2008 killing of a U.S. diplomat in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Khartoum, his family said Tuesday.

Abdel-Raouf Abu Zaid, designated a terrorist by the United States, was captured weeks after the shooting. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of John Granville, an official with the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Granville’s Sudanese driver.