The Sudanese Doctors Committee announced the death of one person in the demonstrations called for by the so-called resistance committees in Khartoum, to demand the trial of those involved in the killing of demonstrators and the establishment of a civil state.
Demonstrations erupted at the "Bashdar" station in Al-Dim neighborhood (south of Khartoum) yesterday, Thursday, and Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at protesters.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the area witnessed confrontations between demonstrators and security forces;
This led to the withdrawal of the security forces from the Pashadar station, and the demonstrators, who set out from the Pashadar station, headed towards the "Sharoni" station, which is located in the vicinity of the presidential palace in Khartoum.
The demonstrators called on the army to "return to the barracks", denouncing the strong grip of the armed forces on politics and the economy in Sudan, which has been dominated by the army for most of the periods since its independence 66 years ago.
The (non-governmental) Doctors Committee said - in a statement - that the dead man (whose identity was not known) died "as a result of being run over by an armored vehicle belonging to the forces of the coup d'etat, causing him injuries to the head, chest and abdomen."
The statement indicated that the total number of victims has reached 95 dead since October 25, 2021. The Sudanese authorities did not issue a comment on the medical committee's statement.
It is noteworthy that Sudan has witnessed protests since last October, in rejection of the exceptional measures taken by the army chief, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, most notably the imposition of a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Councils and the Transitional Ministers.
Al-Burhan denied that what he had done was a military coup, pointing out that he had taken these measures to "correct the course of the transitional phase", pledging to hand over power either through elections or a national consensus.