SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan army kills civilian in Kassala

21/1/2020: Radio Dabanga - Sudan army kills civilian in Kassala

Radio Dabanga reports that widespread protests were sparked after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) shot and killed a Kassala state resident they suspected to be a smuggler

SAF Brigadier Salim Harrash , explained that a unit was patrolling the border with Eritrea, when it met the deceased. Harrash claimed that the commander of the patrol unit did not order the shooting, and that the patrol unit was placed under arrest.

Demonstrators blocked the main roads and the highway in Kassala in a protest against the killing.