Tear gas claims life of fruit vendor

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese fruit seller has yesterday after choking after tear gas was fired at protesters in the market where he worked in Khartoum, his family members have said.

The 62-year-old fruit seller working there found it difficult to breathe and died in a hospital in Khartoum, his family said.

Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The demonstrations were triggered by price increases and cash shortages but developed into protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s three-decade rule.