13 dead as Sudan military rulers break up sit-in

KHARTOUM(AFP),3 JUNE, 2019- Sudan’s military rulers forcefully broke up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters on Monday leaving at least 13 dead, a doctors’ committee said as gunfire echoed from the site.

Heavily armed security forces in pick-up trucks mounted with machine guns were deployed in large numbers all around the capital, while gunshots were heard from the protest site by an AFP journalist.

Heavy deployment of security forces around the streets of the capital