KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least three Sudanese protesters were wounded by gunshots on Tuesday when security forces dispersed rallies in the capital, witnesses said, after a week of demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir’s three-decade rule in Sudan. A Reuters witness said security forces barred protesters at one location in Khartoum from marching on the presidential palace by firing tear gas and shots in the air. Three witnesses told Reuters that three protesters were wounded by gunshots, one of them in the head. Officials have previously said the security forces exercised restraint and dealt with the protesters in a “civilized manner”. Journalists at the daily Al-Sudani said one of their colleagues was beaten by security forces after protesters passed next to the independent newspaper’s offices.

Source: Egypt Independent December 25, 2018 18:45 UTC