The Globe and the Mail
Two protesters were shot dead in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday, the Central Doctors Committee said in a statement.
“The coup forces are using live bullets extensively in separate areas of the capital injuring dozens and some are in critical condition,” the Committee added.
Mobile phone lines inside Sudan were cut on Wednesday as the protesters gathered across the capital Khartoum and other cities for demonstrations against a military takeover, Reuters witnesses said.
By early afternoon, thousands were marching in scattered protests across Khartoum. In several places, security forces began firing tear gas to try to disperse them, witnesses said.
The protests, organized by local “resistance committees,” are calling for a full handover to civilian authorities and for the leaders of the Oct. 25 coup to be tried in court.
On one main road in Khartoum, protesters burned tires chanted: “The people are stronger, and retreat is impossible…
