Cairo, June 3: Sudanese army began their attempts to disperse the civilian’s sit-in protest outside the military headquarters in capital Khartoum on Monday, as per Al Arabiya news agency’s reports.
According to Sputnik news reports, the central committee of Sudan doctors was cited by the media as saying one person lost his life during the military’s action and several of others were reportedly injured as a result. Security forces have shut off streets in the central Khartoum, according to the eyewitness.
On Thursday, the military council governor’s representatives had said the military intended to take strict actions against the protester’s camp near the capital. The situation in the region where the sit-in strikes took place, has become a “threat to the country and the revolution”, according to the military.
Tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters have on Friday vowed to continue sit-in demonstration in the capital Khartoum, a day after the country’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) stated the sit-ins outside the military headquarters poses a threat to the security and safety of Sudanese citizens and cautioned against action that would be taken against “unruly elements”.
Protesters said the army was using the threat as a potential pretext to break the sit-in as protesters seek the TMC general hand power over to a civilian transitional council.
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