SUDAN: Clashes between masses and security forces

On Tuesday, March 07, fierce fights took place between masses and security forces in the federal state of West Kordofan, in Sudan.

Police forces arrived to suppress unrest in front of a fuel station in the district of Lagawa. The forces got instantly under attack and one of were stepped with a knife. Thereupon the police began fire live bullets into the crowd, on person died instantly, three others were wounded. Later that day a member of the Sudan Armed Forces were stepped to death. The attacker was able to retreat undetected.

Also Tuesday, angry residents of Sinkat in Red Sea state blocked a highway and erected barricades made of tyres and set them alight. About the exact background of this action nothing is known, but it is right to rebel.