In the latest crackdown against protests in Sudan, security services loyal to President Omar al-Bashirhave killed at least 14 anti-government protesters taking part in a mass sit-in outside the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, according to activists behind the demonstration.
Tuesday’s deaths brought the total number of people killed during the protests since it started on Saturday to 22, including five soldiers who were killed while defending the protesters, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD), said in a statement.
The CCSD, which is affiliated with the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), the umbrella group at the forefront of the demonstrations, said 153 others were wounded. It said it expects the death toll to increase since some injuries were critical.
The government on Monday put the death toll since the weekend at seven.
The sit-in outside the complex, which also houses Bashir’s official residence, is the latest in a succession
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