Sudan admits to police killing of protester

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s Interior Ministry has admitted that a man had been shot and killed by a police officer during a protest near the capital Khartoum against a military ruling.

The ministry cited a statement from the police media office as saying that the protester was killed during a march organized by resistance committees.

“We saw the video that was widely circulated including the falling of one of the protesters due to the behavior of one of our police officers and we confirm here that the police had taken all the necessary legal procedures against him. We also stress that this was an individual behavior that was rejected by the police and against the orders we had given to our forces on the ground,” the statement said.

The police, however, accused some of the protesters of using violence in some areas, adding “some agents are infiltrating protests to sow chaos and destabilize the situation.”

Resistance committees have also confirmed that the protester, Ibrahim Mazjoob, had been killed by the police in the East Nile area outside Khartoum.

“The documented killing of Ibrahim Mazjoob by the police confirmed what we were saying since the coup, that the military and other regular forces have committed a lot of crimes and they have to be prosecuted. We will continue protesting until we bring down this regime,” its statement read in part.

More than 130 protesters have been killed since the October 2021 military coup that ousted the civilian government headed by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.