The Sudanese military junta announced yesterday the arrest of nine members of the rapid support forces on the background of the killing of four students during the demonstrations and took several measures to prevent the recurrence of security incidents such as those in al-Abyad. The African mediator Mohamed Hassan Ould Labat announced yesterday , On the continuation of negotiations between «forces of freedom and change» and the Sudanese Transitional Council, pointing out that a great deal of negotiation.
The announcement came after four demonstrators were shot dead during a march in Omdurman, near Khartoum, during thousands of demonstrations across the country, denouncing the killing of six demonstrators, including four students Monday in Al-Abyad in the center of the country.
In a press conference yesterday, Lieutenant-General Shamseddine Kabbashi announced that "seven members of the rapid support were arrested and immediately dismissed from military service and handed over to the judicial authorities."
"Yesterday, too, two of the military personnel who were in rapid support were arrested, and the same measures were taken against them," said a spokesman for the military junta, which has run the country since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir in April.
For his part, said the leader of the forces of freedom and change, Ibrahim al-Amin, said that «the military council took the right steps, and do not want to be repeated events that claimed the lives of a number of our children».
Regarding the negotiations, Al-Amin said at the same press conference, "We have reached a full agreement with most of the constitutional document, which contains points of disagreement.
He explained that the two sides discussed «all the provisions of the constitutional document and reached a consensus on most of what it said. And (on Saturday) you will hear good news about the outcome of this negotiation, which will lead us to form a civil government ».
The leader of the Revolutionary Front, Tom Hageo, said that the evening round of negotiations will discuss the document of freedom forces completed in Addis Ababa.
African mediator Mohamed Hassan Ould Labbat, after a meeting on the constitutional document between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council, revealed that great strides had been made on the document, referring to the continuation of meetings to complete negotiations between the parties.
Labbat said in a press statement that the delegation of the Transitional Military Council and the forces of the Declaration of Freedom and Change met under the auspices of the joint African mediation. "I am pleased to announce on behalf of the African Joint Mediation and on behalf of the parties that this meeting was a successful meeting by all standards in the spirit that prevailed in it and in the great results reached."
The African Union envoy said that one of the most important points that the two delegations exchanged views on their agreement on the evaluation of the painful incidents that took place in Al-Abyad city, indicating that the two parties strongly condemned the killing of innocent innocent students in a peaceful march and evaluated the practical measures taken by the Transitional Military Council, To arrest a group of offenders and bring them to justice to receive the due penalty.
He urged the parties that they must do their best not to repeat such an incident, to avoid any course of action endangering the lives of citizens and to focus on the protection of citizens and property.
The negotiations are supposed to resolve outstanding issues in the "political declaration" signed by military leaders and leaders of the Alliance for Freedom and Change on July 17.
It provides for the formation of a joint military-civilian council to establish a transitional administration to lead the country for a 39-month phase.
The talks include "absolute immunity" demanded by army generals, the "powers of the joint sovereignty council" and "manifestations of military deployment" in various cities of the country.
The negotiations were suspended in the past, especially after the sit-in of protesters on June 3 in front of the headquarters of the armed forces in Khartoum, which killed 127 demonstrators, according to the Central Committee of Physicians.
Sudanese police issued a statement explaining the fall of four people during demonstrations in Khartoum and other parts of the country. The statement said that the Sudanese police forces have taken all necessary measures and procedures to secure and protect those who participated in marches last Thursday in the state of Khartoum and its seven localities.
The statement pointed out that the plan was implemented in the form and content required, and that the marches have passed peacefully in all locations except the area of the market of Libya in the state of Khartoum in Ambeda.
"Groups attacked the Libyan market for chaos and riots, and police forces dispersed them using tear gas and riot gear," the statement said.
The police said in the statement that as a result of these events, "four citizens were wounded with live bullets, and others, including policemen," and that they are currently being treated in hospitals.
In its statement, the Sudanese police stressed that they had conducted the necessary investigations and questioned witnesses to reach the perpetrators and to take the necessary legal action.
The statement concluded that the police, regretting these events, "calls on citizens to avoid gathering near markets and shops to miss the opportunity for the displaced."