Sudan: Nine killed during protests against military rule

KHARTOUM, Jul.01 (YPA) – At least nine people were reported killed as mass rallies of protesters demanding an end to military rule by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Doctors in Sudan reported.

According to doctors, Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to block the protesters from marching towards the presidential palace in central Khartoum.

The protesters barricaded some of the capital’s main thoroughfares with stones and burning tyres.

On Thursday, the protests marked the third anniversary of huge demonstrations during the uprising that overthrew long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir. June 30 also marks the day Bashir took power in a coup in 1989.

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