Protesters block roads in Sudan after 3 killed in 'million-march' protests
Anti-coup protesters in Sudan have blocked roads and manned barricades in the capital city Khartoum as the campaign against the junta entered its seventh day.
The fresh unrest on Sunday came a day after military forces killed three anti-coup demonstrators taking part in nationwide protests against the junta’s power grab.
Sudan’s Central Doctors Committee said the protesters were shot dead by military troops in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman. The new fatalities take the death toll since protests began to at least 11.
Police forces denied the killings or using live bullets.
The demonstrations presented the biggest threat yet against junta leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since the ouster of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday.
Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said the current situation in the country is similar to being "under arrest."
"We are all under arrest under these conditions since we can no longer communicate with one another," Mahdi told AFP on Saturday.
"We have to rely on people coincidentally calling us from abroad and ask them to check on others (within Sudan) for us," added Mahdi, who is a leading figure of the country's largest political party, Umma Party.
Roads, bridges, communication lines, and internet services have been largely blocked since the coup was staged last week.
The junta claimed the takeover of power from the civilian government was a precautionary move necessary to avoid the risk of a civil war breaking out in the African country.
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