Sudan crackdown: paramilitary forces threw dead protesters into Nile, doctors say as death toll hits 108
- Retrieval of the bodies came as Sudan’s ruling general called for a resumption of negotiations with the protest leaders, which they promptly rejected
- Raid followed weeks of wrangling between the ruling military council and opposition groups over who should lead Sudan’s transition to democracy,
Paramilitaries in Khartoum threw dozens of bodies into the Nile to try to hide the number of casualties inflicted during a dawn attack on pro-democracy protesters in the Sudanese capital earlier this week, doctors and activists said.
At least 108 people are thought to have been killed in the crackdown across Sudan, which has been under military rule since President Omar al-Bashir was outed in April.
Word about the retrieval of the bodies came as Sudan’s ruling general, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, called for a resumption of negotiations with the protest leaders, which they promptly rejected. They said the generals cannot be serious about talks while troops keep killing protesters.
A spokesman for the protesters said that instead they would continue their demonstrations and strikes seeking to pressure the military into handing over power to a civilian authority.
