Sudanese security forces attempted to break up an anti-government sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital on Monday, setting off clashes in which a soldier was killed while trying to protect protesters, activists said.
Thousands of people rallied in front of the compound over the weekend in one of the biggest demonstrations since protests erupted in December calling for President Omar al-Bashir to step down. The protesters set up tents Saturday in what appeared to be an effort to replicate the mass sit-ins of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011.
Footage posted online by activists showed soldiers in uniform moving peacefully among the protesters, raising the possibility that some troops were intervening to halt the violence. During the 2011 uprising in neighbouring Egypt, the army stepped in to prevent clashes between protesters and police, and ultimately forced President Hosni Mubarak from power.
Activist Amal el-Zein said soldiers guarding the compound stood by at first, but then moved in to chase the security forces away, firing in the air.
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