SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Government forces shoot Port Sudan resident dead

2/9/2020: Radio Dabanga - Government forces shoot Port Sudan resident dead

 Radio Dabanga reports that a man was killed, 17 civilians wounded, and a further eight members of the military forces wounded, in clashes between government forces and residents of Filib district in Port Sudan.

 The Resistance Committee of Filib said when joint force of army troops and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) searched the district for weapons, they beat up and detained people, accusing them of violating the curfew. When people attempted to stop them taking the detainees with them, the troops shot at them.

 The Filib Resistance Committee condemned the violence and holds the Red Sea state government and security committee “fully responsible for the martyr killed and the wounded”.