Khartoum, June 10: Sudanese ruling transitional military council (TMC) has on Monday blamed protesters for the deadly crackdown, as demonstration continued to take place on the second day of the civil disobedience.
According to Al-Jazeera news reports, protest group and opposition had called on workers to not appear outside their homes after armed and security forces hit back at protest camps on Monday, with killing dozens of people and dealing a blow to hopes of a peaceful transitional body after the forced resignation of ex-President Omar al-Bashir in April.
Sudan's military blames protesters for the deadly crackdown against them which left over 113 dead.
In the wake of the crackdown, protesters have called for #TotalCivilDisobedience https://t.co/NgezVxGhSL pic.twitter.com/mdn1rxVEHN
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A lieutenant from the ruling TMC, general Jamaleddine Omar, has on Monday stated the protesters have committed crimes by shutting off roads and blocking it by setting up barricades.
Omar said the Rapid Support Forces and the military have ratcheted up their presence around the nation in order “to restore life back to normal”.
The Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary body, was accused of violently trying to disperse the week-long sit-ins protest camps last week.
Meanwhile, the protest leaders urged civilians to continue their demonstration and general strike as a part of a civil disobedience protest campaign which was launched on Sudany.
The civil disobedience campaign comes weeks after the protesters demonstrated outside the military’s headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, demanding the military council to hand power over to a civilian-led transitional body.