Mass protests injure dozens in Sudan

Dozens of protesters were injured this Saturday during a new day of mass protests in Sudan against the coup last October 25 and the military leadership that is in command of the country.

Thousands of Sudanese summoned by the so-called resistance committees, who organize the main marches in Sudan, took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and other towns of the country shouting “Power is for the people, the military to the barracks” and “The State is civil and not military”, confirmed EFE.

In Khartoum, more than 5,000 people from different cities gathered to surround the presidential palace, where is the residence of the president of the Sovereign Council and coup military leader, Abdelfatah al Burhan.

The security forces launched tear gas and sound bombs to disperse crowds, who approached the south door of the building, causing dozens of injuries, according to organizers.

The leader of the resistance committees in Khartoum, Abas Al Taer, told EFE that “More than 30 protesters were injured by (the impact of bottles of tear gas), while many more suffered suffocation.”

In this regard, the Sudan Professionals Association, one of the main opposition groups in the country, denounced in a statement that the security forces “They used excessive violence against the protesters.”

Faced with the call for protests, the authorities closed last night the main bridges that connect Khartoum with other towns with containers, concrete barriers and wire fences. EFE.

Likewise, from early in the morning they also cut off all communications in the country, something that the monitoring portal confirmed NetBlocks, through Twitter.

Since the coup d’état two months ago, the Sudanese have staged dozens of mass demonstrations, the last of them two days ago, when hundreds of Sudanese women took to the streets to condemn cases of sexual assault and rape committed by the forces of security against protesters. (I)