Iran Press/ Africa: The Sudanese security forces stormed the protest camp in the early hours of Monday morning, with at least 35 people reportedly killed, according to an Iran Press report citing hospital and medical sources.
The head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) of Sudan, Lieut Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, confirmed that elections will take place within nine months and asked Sudan's public prosecutor to set up a committee to investigate violence at the main protest site outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Khartoum.
The decision by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) will likely fuel anger among protesters who have demanded preparations for elections during a longer transitional period led by a civilian administration.
The Transitional Military Council (TMC) assumed power in April after the military ousted President Omar al-Bashir after three decades in power.
The military council says it is not opposed to protesters forming a government if it maintains overall authority during the interim period.
But demonstrators want civilians to rule during the transitional period and civilian rule after the transitional period.
Video footage of Mondays events showed protesters running away from the camp as black smoke rose from tents allegedly set alight by the security forces.
The main protest organisers, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), accused the TMC of carrying out "a massacre" as it stormed the camp.
TMC spokesman Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabbashi said security forces were chasing "unruly elements" who were hiding in the protest site and caused chaos.
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