Thousands converge on Sudan square for 'martyrs' rally
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators converged Thursday on a prominent square in Khartoum in a march to honor comrades killed in the months-long protest movement that has rocked the country.
The rallies came a day after protest leaders and army rulers inked a power-sharing deal to form a joint civilian-military body tasked with installing a civilian administration -- the main demand of demonstrators.
Witnesses said men, women and school children waved Sudanese flags as they headed towards the Green Yard from different parts of the capital.
As they marched, the demonstrators shouted slogans that have been the rallying cries of the uprising that led to the April toppling of Omar al-Bashir: "Civilian rule, civilian rule!" and "Freedom, peace, justice!"
The marches were held in response to calls from a key protest group.
"The rallies are a tribute to those honorable martyrs of the December revolution," the Sudanese Professionals Association said in a statement.
Police fired tear gas to disperse a rally at a central bus station in downtown Khartoum, witnesses said.
(Source: AFP)
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