Three killed in Sudan during anti-military protest

Three people were killed in Sudan amid protests against the military coup that occurred Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to continue protesting the military dissolving the transitional civilian-military government, Reuters reported. 

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors stated that three people died by gunfire after they were shot by security forces during the protest. 

The group added that at least 38 more were injured during the protest.

During the protest, demonstrators yelled “Military rule can’t be praised” and “This country is ours, and our government is civilian.”

The police said on state TV that they did not shoot at protesters and that one of their officers was struck by gunfire, according to Reuters. 

The killings come after President Biden called for the military to allow protests and to return power to the transitional government. 

“The Sudanese people must be allowed to protest peacefully and the civilian-led transitional government must be restored,” Biden said Thursday.

International condemnation has followed the military coup, with the World Bank cutting billions of dollars off from the country.

Sudan’s top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the military will be appointing a new prime minister soon. He claimed that the military had to take over to prevent a civil war.

However, the coup happened just weeks before Burhan would have had to hand power over to a civilian and thereby greatly reduce the military’s influence in government.