UPDATE WITH OPPOSITION, ARMY STATEMENTS
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) - Protesters on Tuesday blocked main roads in Khartoum, one day after six people were killed near a main protest camp in the capital.
Demonstrators also set fire to tires, bringing traffic to a standstill, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter in the area.
The escalation came hours after the deaths as unidentified gunmen opened fire at the protest camp near military headquarters.
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which spearheaded the protests, called on demonstrators Tuesday to converge on the sit-in.
"Our moral duty today is to complete and protect our revolution," the SPA said in a statement.
On Monday, Sudan's ruling Military Transitional Council (MTC) said it has reached an agreement with the opposition Freedom and Change alliance on the “structures of governance” and “transitional authority.”
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said after the attack that two unidentified bodies were found in the Nile River, noting the group is working to verify whether the victims were protestors participating in the sit-in.
The committee also announced the number of protestors wounded in the attack exceeded 200, including 77 by gunfire and more than 10 were seriously wounded.
The Declaration of Freedom and Change (DFC), an alliance of opposition groups, hinted at the involvement of the army-affiliated Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in the attack.
"The forces who shot at the protesters ... are wearing the uniforms of Rapid Support Forces," said DFC spokesman Khaled Omar.
"The cars were affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces and carry their motto, and the military council must assume its responsibility for the incident," he added.
The RSF, said that groups lurking the revolution are behind the attack on protesters, but did not name them.
Last month, the military deposed long-serving President Omar al-Bashir following months of protests against his 30-year rule.
The MTC is now overseeing a two-year “transitional period” during which it pledged to hold free presidential elections.
But the opposition, led by the Freedom and Change alliance, has continued to demand the MTC hand over power -- at the earliest possible date -- to a civilian authority.