- Thousands of anti-coup protesters take to the streets, Security forces fire tear gas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators.
- The death toll from months of protest-related violence rises to 105.
- Sudan has been roiled by near-weekly protests since Burhan seized power last year.
Two Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday by “bullets to the chest,” pro-democracy medics said, as thousands of anti-coup protesters took to the streets, AFP correspondents reported.
“Even if we die, the military will not rule us,” protesters chanted, urging the reversal of an October military coup by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, that prompted foreign governments to slash aid, deepening a chronic economic crisis.
“Down with Burhan’s rule,” others chanted.
AFP correspondents reported security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrations, the latest crack down on the anti-coup movement over the past eight months.
Two protesters were killed Thursday in the city of Omdurman, across the Nile river from the capital Khartoum, pro-democracy medics said, bringing the death toll from months of protest-related violence to 105.
The medics had previously reported one demonstrator was shot dead on Wednesday during small-scale protests in the run-up to the main rallies.
An AFP correspondent said internet and phone lines had been disrupted since the early hours of Thursday, a measure the Sudanese authorities often impose to prevent mass gatherings.
Security was tight in Khartoum despite the recent lifting of a state of emergency imposed after the coup.
Troops and police blocked off roads leading to both army headquarters and the presidential palace, witnesses said.
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