US blames Sudan army rulers for six deaths during sit-in protest
Tires are pictured ablaze during a demonstration in Sudan's capital Khartoum on May 13, 2019. Army rulers and protest leaders resumed crucial talks over handing power to a civilian administration as angry demonstrators blocked a major avenue along the Nile river. PHOTO | EBRAHIM HAMID | AFP
Five protesters and a Sudanese army major were killed on Monday just hours after the council's generals and protest leaders said the two sides had reached a breakthrough agreement on transitional authorities to run the country.
The six were killed by gunshots, which the protest leaders blamed on militias of the former regime of ousted President Omar al-Bashir.
Washington has consistently pushed the army generals to reach a deal with the protest leaders on handing over power.
KHARTOUM,
The US embassy in Khartoum on Tuesday blamed Sudan's ruling military council for the deaths of six people in violence that rocked a sit-in protest in the capital.
