Two leaders of the Alliance of Forces «Freedom and Change» Sudan to cancel the negotiations that were scheduled with the Transitional Military Council, yesterday, while condemning the President of the military junta, Abdel Fattah Burhan, the killing of five demonstrators, including four students in the secondary stage, march, the day before yesterday, At the time of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) authorities to investigate the incident, noting that the ages of demonstrators ranged between 15 and 17 years, was announced suspension of study in all schools in Sudan for an indefinite period.
In a separate statement, two negotiators in the Sudanese «Freedom and Change» confirmed that the scheduled session of negotiations with the military council, Tuesday, because of the presence of the coalition negotiating team in the city of Abyad, where five demonstrators were shot dead, the day before yesterday.
The two sides were due to discuss issues related to the formation of a civilian government in the transitional period, but the Central Sudan Committee of Doctors announced on Thursday that five demonstrators were killed in Al-Abyad, the capital of North Kordofan state in the center of the country.
Calls to suspend negotiations with the military intensified after the five demonstrators were killed.
Taha Osman, the leader and negotiator of Freedom and Change, said that yesterday's negotiating session did not take place with the military council because "the negotiating team is currently in Al-Abyad." This was confirmed by the movement's negotiator, Shati, who said the delegation would "return to Khartoum" ), To be set a new date for negotiations between the parties.
This comes at a time reported by a Sudanese news that a delegation from the Transitional Military Council left yesterday to the White City, the capital of North Kordofan, to investigate the situation after the bloody events in the city yesterday.
The newspaper "Al-Ta'id" independent that a delegation of the Council headed by the Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee, Lieutenant General Jamal Omar «left to the White City to see the developments of the situation». The delegation also includes leaders of the security and police agencies.
For his part, President of the Sudanese Military Council, Abdul Fattah Burhan, said that «what happened in the White is unfortunate and sad, and the killing of peaceful citizens is unacceptable and rejected and a crime that requires immediate and deterrent accountability», the state television reported yesterday.
The official Sudanese news agency quoted the governor of the state of North Kordofan, Major General Sadiq al-Tayeb Abdullah, that the number of deaths in the events, which occurred yesterday in the city of Al-Abyad, amounted to five deaths, most of them students.
Al-Wali said during his meeting with journalists and reporters that the march of secondary school students was peaceful and called for improving transport services, but deviated from its goals after some of the students intervened.
He pointed out that the encroachment by the deputies on the branch of Bank of Khartoum, the looting of equipment and property, as well as the attempt to encroach on the French bank branch of the White, and said that all necessary legal measures have been taken.
Major General Tayeb Abdullah explained that a commission of inquiry and fact-finding had been set up and that each of those responsible would be brought to a fair trial.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on the authorities to "investigate" the killing of the five protesters and hold officials accountable.
UNICEF said in a statement that the children killed were between the ages of 15 and 17 years.
"They are children, students in secondary schools, adding to the horrendous cowardly incident," said Ismail Taj, leader of the Sudanese Professionals Gathering, while hundreds demonstrated in Khartoum and Omdurman yesterday.
The Central Medical Committee has confirmed that more than 250 people have been killed in violence linked to the demonstrations, since its launch in December against President Omar al-Bashir.
Eyewitnesses said the student demonstration came on the back of a shortage of bread and fuel in the city.
Against the backdrop of the events of the White, the Sudanese authorities decided yesterday, to suspend the study at all educational levels.
The Director-General of the Ministry of Education and the designated directive, Mohiuddin al-Jaali, issued an administrative decision to "suspend the study at all educational levels and in all localities, indefinitely."