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At least 14 anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan, medics say

18 November 2021 02:54 (UTC +04:00)

Security forces shot dead at least 14 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in protest against last month's coup on Wednesday on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations against military rule, medics said, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The protesters, marching in neighbourhoods across the capital Khartoum and the cities of Bahri and Omdurman, demanded a full handover to civilian authorities and for the leaders of the Oct. 25 coup to be put on trial.

Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas in all three cities after mobile phone communications were cut earlier in the day, witnesses said. State television said there were injuries among protesters and police.

"The coup forces used live bullets heavily in different areas of the capital and there are tens of gunshot injuries, some of them in serious condition," said the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a group aligned with the protest movement. Deaths were concentrated in Bahri, they said.