SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal

14/6/19: Multiple sources - Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal

• AFP

• AP

• Guardian, by Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih

 Sudan’s ruling military acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse protesters at a sit-in camp outside military headquarters in Khartoum last week.

 The spokesman for the ruling military council, Shamsaldeen Kabbashi said that the military council had “decided to disperse the sit-in and a plan was made… but we regret that some mistakes happened.”

 Kabbashi added that an investigation was underway, and that several military officers were already in custody for alleged “deviation” from the action plan set by military leaders.

 “We feel sorry for what happened,” said Kabbashi. “We will show no leniency and we will hold accountable anyone, regardless of their rank, if proven to have committed violations.”

 Kabbashi did not elaborate on the violations beyond describing them as “painful and outrageous.”