Sudanese security forces target sit-in; deaths reported

By Mohammed Amin

KHARTOUM (AA) - Several people, including a soldier, have been killed in violence within the last 48 hours outside the Sudanese army’s Khartoum headquarters, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors asserted on Monday.

In a statement, the committee said a number of people had been killed over the past two days -- it did not say how many -- amid continued attempts by security forces to break up a sit-in outside army HQ that began on Saturday.

Protesters demand the immediate resignation of embattled President Omar al-Bashir.

Spokesmen for the army and government have yet to respond to the committee’s assertions.