Sudanese police fire tear gas at protesters in Khartoum

Sudanese police responded to thousands of protesters who were marching towards the presidential palace with tear gas, as the anti-army campaign entered its tenth month.

Reuters journalists said that the police prevented the demonstrators from reaching the nearly kilometer-long road that leads to the presidential palace and chased them down the adjacent side streets.

Military leaders said in statements that they were ready to leave the political arena if civilian groups were able to agree on a new government.

But the political parties questioned that.

However, former Sovereign Council member Mohamed Elfaki Suleiman said in an interview with the local (Sudan Tribune) news website on Saturday that new constitutional arrangements are being discussed between the former ruling Forces of Freedom and Change coalition and other "revolutionary forces."

Sunday's demonstrations were the latest in a series of protests since several days of sit-ins in the Sudanese capital ahead of the Eid holiday.

Last week, a demonstration called by the Forces for Freedom and Change was attacked by unknown assailants.

At least 116 people were killed in the protests and thousands were injured, many of them with gunshot wounds, according to medics.

An injured protester, who asked not to be named and only to be referred to by his nickname Karika, said that the demonstrators believed that their fate would be either murder, injury or arrest.

"We don't think we will go back to our homes. Therefore, we have only one message, and that is, the army must return to the barracks and the rapid support forces must be disbanded," he added.

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