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Sudan: At least 8 dead, including 3 teenagers, in anti-coup protests on Saturday

At least eight people, including three teenagers, were killed by security forces during protests in Sudan on Saturday, the deadliest day since the October 25 coup, a pro-democracy doctors’ union said today.

Two protesters were killed Sunday night and early today, the union said, adding that the death toll in Saturday’s protests had risen to eight and the total number of people killed since the coup’s coup had risen to 23. .

Among the dead were two teenagers, aged 13 and 15, who were fatally wounded by bullets, as was 18-year-old al-Sheikh Yasser Ali.

On Saturday, Yasser Ali’s uncle, Zacher Ali, said he was present at his nephew’s autopsy.

“He had received a bullet, which pierced his lungs and heart. It was horrible. I almost fainted in the morgue,” he explained.

For its part, the doctors’ union said it had counted “more than 200 people injured, including 100 bullets” since Saturday, adding that others had been injured by plastic bullets and tear gas.

Police denied that he had used force, saying it was “limited”, while stressing that he did not use live ammunition.

The bloody crackdown has not diminished the resolve of the anti-coup movement, which has already called for new demonstrations the day after Wednesday, after thousands marched on October 30th and November 13th.

Three weeks ago, the Sudanese army chief called for the arrest of most of the politicians with whom he shared power, disbanded the country’s key institutions – including the National Sovereignty Council – and declared a state of emergency, plunging Sudan into a state of emergency. new period of turmoil.

Despite international condemnation, General Burhan sought to consolidate his power in the country by restoring the National Sovereignty Council, of which he is chairman, appointing only military personnel and excluding all members of the bloc who demanded the transfer of power to politicians.

A “unilateral” decision, according to the UN, which “complicates the return to the rails of Sudan’s democratic transition”, has been pointed out by many Western countries and the EU.

SOURCE: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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