Riot police and secret-service personnel reportedly charged the demonstrators with bakkies while firing tear gas at a crowd of about 3,000
Sudanese protesters surround a passing army vehicle as they rally in the area of the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 8 2019. Picture: AFP
But witnesses and activists said soldiers guarding the compound had come out to protect the demonstrators, firing warning shots in the air. “The security apparatus are coherent together and working with positive energy and in harmony,” he added. The protests have since turned against Bashir, a former army general who came to power in a military coup in 1989.
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