SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan police fire tear gas as civil disobedience campaign begins

9/6/19: Multiple sources - Sudan police fire tear gas as civil disobedience campaign begins

• AFP

• Guardian, by Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih

• BBC

 Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse protesters setting up barricades in Khartoum.

 Four people have been killed on the first day of a strike, according to doctors aligned to the opposition.

 A number of Sudan's bank, airport and electricity workers were arrested ahead of the strike against the military rule, the main protest group said.

 The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) said employees were also being threatened by the authorities to scare them into going to work instead of taking part in the nationwide strike.