Protesters set ablaze tyres to try to stop Sudan’s security forces
Sudanese security forces have attacked a pro-democracy protest outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.
Live ammunition has been used and eyewitnesses say there are fatalities.
Sudan has been governed by a Transitional Military Council (TMC) since President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a coup in April.
Sudanese security forces have been seen deploying around Khartoum’s army headquarters
Protesters have been demanding that a civilian government should take over the running of the country.
The security services moved on the main protest site early on Monday.
Khartoum residents reported hearing heavy gunfire and seeing smoke rising from the area around the army headquarters.
At least five people are reported to have been killed and a number injured.
“Now an attempt is taking place to disperse the sit-in,” said a short statement from the Sudanese Professionals Association, the group which is spearheading nationwide protests.
The association also called for a campaign of “sweeping civil disobedience to topple the treacherous and killer military council and finalise our revolution”.
Protesters have been burning tyres and erecting barricades to try to fend off the security forces.
Source: BBC