At least 13 killed as Sudan's ruling military tries to disperse sit-in: Report

At least 13 protesters were shot dead and several were wounded on Monday as Sudan’s ruling military tried to break up a sit-in protest outside army headquarters in Khartoum, a doctors’ committee close to demonstrators said.

It said the death toll "from the massacre today has risen to nine martyrs, with four new martyrs," since its last statement, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said on its Facebook page.

However, military rulers have denied the report.

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"We did not disperse the sit-in by force," said Shamseddine Kabbashi, spokesman for the ruling military council.

"The tents are there, and the youth are moving freely," Kabbashi told local media.

There were multiple reports of the military using force to disperse the sit-in in front of army headquarters, where protesters have been camped out for weeks.

Rallies against the authoritarian rule of Omar al-Bashir led to his ouster in April, but demonstrators have remained to call on the generals to cede power to a transitional authority.

Demonstrators had closed off Street 60, one of the main streets in the capital with stone barricades and burning tree trunks and tires, an AFP journalist said.

(With inputs from AFP)