Security forces storm Sudan protests, killing 13

Sudanese protester near Khartoum's army headquarters.
(Image credit: EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/Getty Images)

The months-long protests in Sudan took a violent turn on Monday, when paramilitary security forces stormed a protest camp in the country's capital, Khartoum, killing 13 in the process. Several more were wounded in the raid, which Al Jazeera reports is ongoing.

The soldiers, who are reportedly heavily armed, allegedly first used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the protesters before firing live rounds. They reportedly now have control of most of the camp and the protesters, who described the situation as a "massacre" have mostly left the area.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.