Sudan Thousands protested in Sudan, at least four dead in the army after opening fire

At least four protesters have died on Thursday after the Sudanese army opened fire. The Independent Medical Committee, which supports the democracy movement, says this. In addition, dozens of people have been injured.

According to the committee, the protesters were shot dead in the city of Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, the capital. There were thousands of people on the streets in Sudan on Thursday to protest against the country’s army that seized power in October.

Sudan at the end of November, the army handed over power back to the country’s civilian administration. However, protests demanding democracy have continued since then. According to the medical committee, at least 52 people have died in protests in Sudan since the October coup.

On Thursday, the committee asked doctors for help at Arbain Hospital in Omdurman. According to the committee, the army has prevented ambulances from accessing the wounded.

Earlier it was reported that Sudanese army forces had tried to break up large-scale demonstrations using tear gas. Thousands of people are protesting in the country’s capital, Khartoum and Omdurman.

According to eyewitnesses, there have also been demonstrations elsewhere in the country, such as Madan south of Khartoum, Kassala near the Eritrean border and the port city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

Efforts have been made to curb Thursday’s protests by closing bridges across the Nile from traffic. The closure of the bridges has prevented people from moving to the northern suburbs of Khartoum and to the twin city of Khartoum on the west bank of the Nile, Omdurman.

The first times, the authorities would also cut off all domestic and international telephone lines. In addition, the internet has been interrupted. The network monitoring group NetBlocks has said that the network connections were disconnected on Thursday morning. The protesters have taken advantage of online connections to organize, shoot and broadcast real-time demonstrations.

Army seized power in Sudan in October and ordered the prime minister Abdalla Hamdokin under house arrest. Protests began with the coup, which eventually led to military concessions and the return of Hamdok to power. Hamdok has promised to hold elections in the country in July 2023. The agreement between the military and Hamdok has been criticized as a gift to legitimize a coup by the army.

Sudan still does not have a functioning government, which has been a precondition for the international support promised to the country. According to the UN, more than 14 million people out of nearly 47 million Sudanese will need humanitarian aid next year.