Sudan security forces kill protester in crackdown on anti-coup demonstration

KHARTOUM, April 07 (YPA) – Sudanese security forces on Wednesday  killed one protesters in the capital Khartoum during a during an anti-coup protest.

Police have fired tear gas at protesters as thousands rallied against last year’s military coup on the anniversary of previous popular uprisings, most recently against autocrat Omar al-Bashir three years ago.

According to the independent Central Committee of Sudan Doctors, a 19-year-old was hit by a bullet fired by coup forces during the crackdown on the demonstrations in eastern Khartoum.

His death brings to 94 the death toll from the crackdown on anti-coup protests since the October 25 military coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the committee said.

The security forces also “stormed Al Jawda hospital and fired tear gas inside, scaring patients and health workers and causing suffocation among some of them.

Sudan has grappled with an October 25 coup led by army chief Abdel Fattah Al Burhan that has derailed a political transition period and hammered the economy of one of the world’s poorest countries.

E.M