Washington, through its embassy in Khartoum, blamed Sudan's transitional military junta for the attacks on late Saturday night in front of the army's military headquarters, killing and wounding.
The embassy said in a statement Tuesday that the deaths of six protesters and the wounding of 100 or more in what they described as tragic attacks was the result of the security forces under the military junta to remove the barricades erected by the protesters to protect the scene of their sit-in.
The statement added that the direct use of force by the security forces, including the use of gas bombs, led to violence against the protesters, which the military junta could not control.
The US Embassy confirmed that events in the sit-in area before the General Command of the Armed Forces should not discourage the military junta and the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, which negotiated on behalf of the protesters to determine the form of the transitional phase, to build on the progress achieved yesterday and complete negotiations to reach a government Civilian-led transition.
Hours before the attacks on the protesters, an agreement was announced between the military junta and representatives of protesters over the transitional government structures, including a joint civilian and military sovereign council, a fully empowered cabinet and a legislature.
While the toll in the US Embassy statement referred to six dead and 100 wounded, the Forces for Freedom and Change announced today a new toll that killed four of the protesters and wounded 200 others, including 77 serious cases, while the military council confirmed the death of an officer in those Events.
While the military junta spoke of those behind the shooting at the site of the sit-in, the forces of freedom and change held the military council responsible for trying to break the sit-in, and held the protesters responsible for what happened to elements loyal to the regime of President Omar al-Bashir.