SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP – Sudan probe shows paramilitaries involved in deadly raid on sit-in

27/7/19: AFP – Sudan probe shows paramilitaries involved in deadly raid on sit-in

 AFP report that the Rapid Support Forces militia have been blamed for the June 3 massacre following a joint investigation by Sudanese prosecutors and the ruling military council.

 Fatah al-Rahman Saeed, a prosecutor who headed the investigation, said orders had been given to the RSF to clear an area called Colombia, near the protest camp, citing drug dealing and violence.

 However, Saeed claims that an RSF general separately ordered a colonel to disperse the protest camp, despite having no such order from further up the chain of command.

 Saeed said that the RSF troops then “removed barricades, fired tear gas and fired intense and random bullets that led to the killing and wounding of protesters and the burning of tents.”

 All the military figures involved were named only by their initials.