KHARTOUM, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Sudan has arrested two suspects in connection with the killings of a U.S. aid official and his driver in the capital Khartoum six weeks ago, state media reported on Sunday.

The suspects opened fire when they were cornered on Saturday in a suburb of Omdurman, a city close to the Sudanese capital, the SUNA state news agency said. Security officers returned the fire.

At least one suspect, a number of security officers and a member of the public were wounded, said SUNA.

John Granville, a 33-year-old officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, was killed by gunmen while returning home from New Year celebrations in Khartoum on Jan. 1. His driver, Abdelrahman Abbas Rahama, 39, was also killed.

Granville was the first U.S. government official to be killed in Khartoum in more than three decades.

U.S. agents from Diplomatic Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation flew in to help with investigations into the killings of Granville and his driver.

A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Khartoum declined to comment on the media reports of the arrests. (Writing by Andrew Heavens)

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