Sudan military moves in to end Khartoum sit-in: protesters

Heavy gunfire has been heard in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as security forces moved in to break up a protest camp thas has been the focal point of protesters’ demands for a civilian-led administration

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group linked to protesters, said at least one person was killed and several were wounded in the Monday morning raid, which was still in progress.

In a post on Twitter, the Sudanese Professional Association said the country’s ruling transitional military council had assigned a large number of troops to disperse the protest camp.

The sound of heavy gunfire was heard in footage broadcast from the scene.

“We are being attacked by the Rapid Support Forces and the police,” Mamadou Abozeid, a protester in Khartoum, told Al Jazeera.

The site has become the central point of Sudan’s protest movement, which saw longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir overthrown last month and has since been calling for the generals who replaced him to hand over power to a civilian-led administration.

The operation came days after Sudan’s military rulers had called the sit-in outside the defence ministry “a danger” to the country’s national security.

More to follow…