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Sudan Police Ordered Not to Shoot Protesters
« on: April 10, 2019, 06:11:38 pm »
I think about 37 protesters or so have been killed there.
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Sudan Police Ordered Not to Shoot Protesters   

KHARTOUM/WASHINGTON/JUBA —

Protesters in Khartoum are continuing to demand the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir, staging a sit-in Tuesday outside army headquarters, where heavy gunfire was heard. Reported attempts by government security forces to break up the crowds led to the intervention by soldiers to protect the demonstrators, according to eyewitnesses.

"Student militias, security forces and riot police are trying to move protesters away from army headquarters by attacking them every six hours," Khartoum reporter Dama Moheideen told South Sudan in Focus.

Police forces issued a communique saying they will never attack protesters. Thousands of people are taking part in the sit-in, Mohiedeen told VOA.

Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/a/sudan-police-ordered-not-to-shoot-protesters-/4869352.html

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