Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Sudan Transitional Military Council admits it ordered brutal crackdown on Khartoum protesters

SUDAN'S ruling military council has, for the first time, admitted it ordered the dispersal of a sit-in in capital Khartoum, which left scores dead, as diplomats from the United States and African nations step up efforts for a solution to the country's political crisis. 

The Transitional Military Council (TMC) "decided to disperse the sit-in", said spokesman Shams al-Din Kabashi on Thursday (13 June). "We ordered the commanders to come up with a plan to disperse this sit-in. They made a plan and implemented it ... but we regret that some mistakes happened," Kabashi said.
Photo: A military spokesman said the findings of an investigation into the incident would be released on Saturday, 15 June 2019. Credit Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

Full story: Al Jazeera - Friday 14 June 2019

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