KHARTOUM, 18 November 2021, (TON): Medics said “security forces shot dead at least 10 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese protested against last month's coup in Khartoum and other cities.”

The protesters, marching in neighbourhoods across the capital and its twin cities of Bahri and Omdurman, demanded a full handover to civilian authorities and for the leaders of the Oct. 25 coup to be tried in court.

Witnesses said “security forces fired live bullets and tear gas after mobile phone communications were cut earlier in the day.”

The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a group of medics aligned with the protest movement said “it reported 10 deaths, including seven in Bahri, the coup forces used live bullets heavily in different areas of the capital and there are tens of gunshot injuries, some of them in serious condition.”

On one main road in Khartoum, protesters burned tyres and chanted "the people are stronger, and retreat is impossible."

Others carried pictures of people killed in previous protests and of Abdalla Hamdok, the civilian prime minister who was placed under house arrest during the coup, with the slogan: "Legitimacy comes from the street, not from the cannons."

Images of protests in towns and cities including Port Sudan, Kassala, Dongola, Wad Madani and Geneina were posted on social media.

Security forces were heavily deployed on main roads and intersections, using tear gas to prevent gatherings, witnesses said. Bridges across the River Nile were closed.