- Title: Timeline of Sudan's revolution and its bloody aftermath
- Date: 18th December 2019
- Summary: The head of a Sudanese investigative committee said that 87 people were killed and 168 wounded security forces broke up a sit-in protest on June 3. Fath al-Rahman Saeed, the head of the committee, said 17 of those killed were in the square occupied by protesters and 48 of the wounded were hit by bullets. Saeed said some members of the security forces fired live ammunition at protesters in Khartoum who were demanding the military cede power. He added three officers violated orders by moving forces into the sit-in. He also said an order was issued to whip protesters. KHARTOUM, SUDAN (FILE - JULY 27, 2019) (REUTERS) HEAD OF INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, FATH AL-RAHMAN SAEED, ENTERING ROOM SAEED SITTING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, FATH AL-RAHMAN SAEED, SAYING: "It was discovered by the committee that the number of people who died within and outside the sit-in area in Khartoum, from June 3 to June 10, 2019 is 87, 17 of which died inside the sit-in area on June 3, 2019."
- Embargoed: 1st January 2020 03:04
- Keywords: Declaration of Freedom and Change Forces June 3 massacre Military Transitional Council President Omar al-Bashir Sudan revolution TMC protests
- Location: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
- City: ATBARA, OMDURMAN, KHARTOUM, SAID TO BE KASSALA AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, SUDAN
- Country: Sudan
- Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA00YBADTGZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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