Today, demonstrations took place in several Sudanese cities under the slogan "Friday of Rage", after the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors confirmed the killing of 9 protesters yesterday, Thursday, while the police denied responsibility, citing instructions not to carry weapons in the face of demonstrators.
Activists broadcast pictures and videos of demonstrations today, Friday, including a demonstration that started from Bahri area towards the presidential palace in Khartoum.
Protesters near the presidential palace chanted slogans such as "the people want to drop the proof" and "we demand revenge." Some of them carried pictures of the victims who fell yesterday during a demonstration rejecting what the protesters consider a coup carried out by the army in October 2021.
Activists also broadcast live scenes from today's demonstrations, showing security forces firing tear gas at the demonstrators.
In turn, the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said in a statement today that "the masses are determined to consolidate what they accomplished in the processions yesterday (Thursday), and the coup authority is armed with violence."
She added that she had observed in yesterday's demonstrations the extensive use of live bullets, which killed 9 protesters, and caused severe injuries that are being treated in hospitals.
Khartoum City Resistance Committees Coordination
Statement
Our people resisting the coup
The June 30 million is a turning point we are working on to overthrow the coup and its authority, and there is no title for valor except what was demonstrated by our people's revolutionaries since yesterday, no description pic.twitter.com/oWH5nDE1lq
— Sudanese Professionals Association (@AssociationSd) July 1, 2022
Police statement
On the other hand, the Sudanese Police Presidency issued a statement today, Friday, commenting on a video clip circulated on social networking sites showing a policeman shooting a protester on Al-Sitteen Street in Khartoum and falling to the ground.
In its statement, the Police Presidency said that the instructions issued in the context of implementing a plan to secure demonstrations yesterday stipulate not to arm any forces dealing with demonstrators with a firearm, and not to allow any policeman armed with a firearm to leave outside the police station and to defend the site only.
She added that the circulating clip "confirms that there is a violation of the instructions and a behavior that constitutes a crime and we do not accept it at all from our employees at all levels," confirming that it has initiated the investigation, and that whoever committed the act and whoever was allowed to arm and leave will be held accountable.
Earlier, the police accused the demonstrators of using incendiary bombs and stones, which led to dozens of injuries to the army and police.
She also said that the protesters defied the decisions of the Khartoum State Security Committee and tried to reach the sovereign sites.
The tripartite mechanism in Sudan (which consists of the United Nations, the African Union and the intergovernmental body (IGAD) and supports a political solution in the country) condemned "in the strongest terms" the excessive use of force by the security forces in the face of protests on Thursday.
Yesterday, Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, expressed his concern about the Sudanese government's continued use of excessive force to confront the demonstrations.
Yesterday, the US Embassy in Sudan expressed concern over reports of deaths among protesters.