Death toll in latest day of protests in Sudan rises to five - medics


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  • Friday, 31 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators opposed to military rule take part in a protest in Khartoum North, Sudan December 30, 2021 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Resistance Committees Atbara/Handout via REUTERS

CAIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from a police crackdown on the latest nationwide protests against military rule in Sudan rose to five on Friday, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said.

The group of medics, which is aligned with the protest movement, said the fifth person who had been killed was hit in the chest by a tear gas canister fired by security forces during the protests on Thursday.

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