Sudan crisis: Security forces ‘move against protesters’

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

At least eight people have been reportedly killed, with reports of live ammunition being used during an attack on a pro-democracy protest outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.

Activists revealed that Sudanese security forces were responsible for the attack.

Medical sources say Sudan has been governed by a Transitional Military Council (TMC) since President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a coup in April.

The council later denied using force to break up the main protest site.

“Sudanese forces did not disperse the sit-in outside the army headquarters by force, but rather targeted a nearby area which has become a threat to the safety of citizens,” TMC spokesman Lt Gen Shams al-Din Kabbashi told newsmen.

Protesters have been demanding that a civilian government take over the running of the country.