Two Sudanese Killed in Protests
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The Sudanese Doctors Committee announced that two protesters were shot dead by troops in Omdurman after tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets against the coup.
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Protesters took to the streets in cities in the center, east and north of Sudan
On Saturday, two protesters were shot dead during a demonstration held in the city of Omdurman, near Khartoum, as the Sudanese Military Council forces opened fire, according to the country's Central Medical Committee.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of people took to the streets in Sudan's most populous city in protest of the recent coup d'etat in the country, which included the detention of several key leaders and the dissolution of the government.
The Medical Committee's statement said that "two protesters died in Omdurman, a suburb of Khartoum, as a result of the firing by the military committee militias during the October 30 demonstration of millions against the decisions of the Sudanese Army Commander."
تظاهرات حاشدة في العاصمة السودانية #الخرطوم وعدة مدن كبرى، رفضاً لإجراءات الجيش.#السياق #مليونية30اكتوبر #السودان pic.twitter.com/TeKwRVnPCN
— السياق (@alsyaaq) October 30, 2021
Thousands of people took to the streets last week in protest against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's overthrow of the government of Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, in a move that prompted Western countries to freeze hundreds of millions in aid.
In the center of Khartoum, armed forces were heavily deployed, including soldiers from the army and fighters from the Rapid Support Forces militia. The security forces closed the roads leading to the Ministry of Defense compound and the airport, as well as most of the bridges linking Khartoum with the cities of Omdurman and al-Khartoum Bahri.
كيف تبدو الآن الأوضاع في #السودان بعد مقتل شخصين في منطقة أم درمان برصاص قوات المجلس العسكري؟@ZinyeMo pic.twitter.com/Tk0MB4vlkZ
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) October 30, 2021
With at least 11 protesters killed by the security forces last week, opponents of the Military Council fear an all-out crackdown resulting in more bloodshed.
مواكب ما بتتراجع تاني
— تجمع المهنيين السودانيين (@AssociationSd) October 30, 2021
جماهير الشعب السوداني ترفض وتقاوم الانقلاب العسكري
مليونيات حاشدة بمدينة نيالا رفضاً للانقلاب العسكري والمطالبة بالدولة المدنية التي اختارها الشعب السوداني.
اليوم السبت ٣٠ أكتوبر ٢٠٢١م #AgainstMilitaryCoup #مليونية30اكتوبر #العصيان_المدني_الشامل pic.twitter.com/626FlECpL0
Groups of protesters blocked roads in Khartoum's neighborhood at night with stones, bricks, tree branches, and plastic pipes in an attempt to keep security forces away.
Update
The independent Central Committee for Sudanese Doctors announced that "A third protester died... from a gunshot to the chest by the putschist military council," adding he was also killed in the city of Omdurman.
Blinken warns of violence against planned protests in Sudan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tersely stated that “Sudan’s security forces must respect human rights”, adding that “any violence against peaceful demonstrators is unacceptable."
Blinken tweeted that the US stands firm with “Sudan’s people in their nonviolent struggle for democracy.”
