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Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protesters, accusing the military of tightening the country. killing at least five and several injured, activists said.

It happened on Saturday when thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets across Sudan to rally against military takeover last month. The coup has sparked massive international criticism and protests on the streets of the capital Khartoum and elsewhere in the country.

The killings on Saturday took place in the twin city of Khartoum and its Omdurman, and among the dead were four people who were shot dead and one dead from “drowning in tear gas”, according to the Sudanese Medical Commission.

There, several other protesters were reported injured, including as a result of the fires.

Sudanese police, however, denied using real ammunition against the protesters, saying the protesters attacked several police houses and vehicles in Khartoum, leaving about 39 police officers seriously injured.

The rallies, called by pro-democracy movements, took place two days after the coup leader Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan. he renamed himself Head of the Sovereign Council, Sudan’s interim governing body. Thursday’s move angered the pro-democracy alliance and frustrated the United States and other countries that have called on the generals to reverse the coup.

The Sudanese army seized power on October 25, disbanding the transitional government and arresting dozens of officials and politicians. The takeover overturned the fragile transition planned for democratic government more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of the longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Saturday’s protests were called by the so-called Sudan Professional Association and the Resistance Committee. Both groups were behind the uprising against al-Bashir in April 2019.

The Sudan Medical Committee is also part of the pro-democracy movement.

Demonstrations took place amid tight security, and authorities closed bridges linking Khartoum neighborhoods. Troops and paramilitary forces also sealed off the area around the military headquarters, where thousands of protesters set up camp in April 2019, forcing the military to remove al-Bashir.

Saturday’s deaths have resulted in the deaths of at least 19 protesters who have died as a result of the excessive force used by the country’s security forces since the October 25 coup, according to Sudanese doctors and the United Nations.