At least seven people were killed during the suppression of mass demonstrations against the military government in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Thursday (30), a group of pro-democracy doctors said.
Security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse tens of thousands of protesters, according to AFP reporters present at the scene.
According to a union of pro-democracy doctors, seven protesters were killed by security forces with “bullets”, of which at least five, including children, were shot in the “chest” or “head”. security forces threw tear gas into hospitals in the capital.
On Wednesday night, a young man was killed “by a bullet in the chest” in Khartoum, according to these doctors, when small gatherings were set up to convene Thursday’s demonstrations.
Sudan, one of the world’s poorest states located in East Africa, is experiencing a wave of protests against the coup of General Abdel Fattah al Burhan on October 25, 2021.
After the coup, the country was removed from the African Union (AU) and ceased to receive international aid and increasingly plunged into economic crisis.
The coup ended the civilian presence in power, which was stipulated in the transition negotiations to democracy that began in 2019, after Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year dictatorship.
Bashir was overthrown by the military in April 2019 after a massive protest movement.
“The public wants General Abdel Fattah al Burhan to fall,” protesters shouted on Thursday. The crowd chanted, “The army will not rule us, even if we all die.”
June 30 is a symbolic day for this great East African country because it marks two important dates: the anniversary of the coup that brought dictator Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989, and the start of the 2019 demonstrations that led the generals to integrate civilians into society. power after overthrowing Bashir.
source: Noticias
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