At least two protesters have been shot dead as Sudan’s security forces used force to break up a long-running sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum.
Heavy gunfire was heard as security forces moved in to clear a protest camp that has been the central point of protesters’ demands for a civilian-led administration
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group linked to protesters, said at least one person was killed and several were wounded in the Monday morning raid.
The Sudanese Professional Association said the country’s ruling transitional military council had assigned a large number of troops to disperse the protest camp.
The sit-in has become the focal point of Sudan’s protest movement, which saw longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir overthrown last month.
