KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudanese military officials said Sunday that troops were attempting to remove “drug dealers and other criminals” from an area located near a protest sit-in in the capital, Khartoum. This comes a day after a Sudanese medical union said one person was shot dead by security forces in the same area, located along the banks of the Nile river. The military officials said the Nile street area was being “cleared” by forces mainly from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo — better known as Hemedti — who serves as deputy head of the ruling military council. The Sudan Doctors Committee said in a statement Saturday that at least 11 people were wounded when “regular forces opened fire on Nile Street near the sit-in area.” The statement did not identify which forces were implicated in the fire. The protesters are represented by the Forces for Declaration of Freedom and Change, an alliance of opposition groups and activists.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2019 10:30 UTC