Iran Press/Africa: More than 100 people were killed in the crackdown on Sudanese protesters carried out by security forces, according to a doctors' committee close to demonstrators, reported Iran Press.
The doctors said the violence started when security forces broke up a sit-in outside army headquarters on Monday. "To this moment, the total number of deaths that have been accounted by doctors is 101," the Central Committee for Sudanese Doctors said, after reporting that 40 bodies were recovered from the river Nile.
The head of Sudan's ruling military council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has ordered an investigation into the deaths, a step to calm down angry protesters, Reuters reported.
The demonstrators have demanded that the Transitional Military Council, which has ruled the country since troops ousted longtime President Omar al-Bashir in April, make way for a civilian-led interim body.
According to eyewitnesses reports and videos which went viral in social media, police and RSF shot at protesters on Monday and security forces beating people with sticks. The internet has been blocked in places across the country by major providers.
Monday’s operation, when security forces stormed a protest camp outside the Ministry of Defence, was a major setback in efforts to create a democracy and rebuild a country plagued by rebellions, economic crises and international isolation due to Omar al-Bashir’s policies.
Witnesses told media the forces attacked medical clinics and looted hospitals and committed multiple sexual assaults.213/203
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