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‘Bloody massacre’ in Sudan as security forces crush pro-democracy camp on June 3
- More than 35 dead as Sudan forces forcefully break up a weeks-long sit-in outside Khartoum’s army headquarters
- Talks on demand to hand power to civilians stalled
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Sudan security forces crushed a long-running pro-democracy protest in the capital, reportedly killing at least 35 people, as the country’s military rulers cancelled an agreement to surrender power to a civilian government.
Gunfire and explosions rocked the site outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Monday, which came a day before the 30th anniversary of the Chinese crackdown on student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square.
Hundreds of people fled the area in Khartoum, where protesters first gathered in early April to urge the military to support their uprising that eventually unseated veteran President Omar al-Bashir.
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The head of the ruling military council said on Tuesday that protest leaders shared blame for the violence, accusing them of dragging out negotiations and seeking to keep other sectors of Sudanese society out of an interim government.
General Abedel-Fattah Burhan also said that the council was cancelling all its agreement with protest groups and would call elections within nine months.
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Burhan added the election would take place under “regional and international supervision”.
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