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Sudan Military Acknowledges Violations in sit-in Dispersal

Associated Press

   KHARTOUM, SUDAN - Sudan's ruling military has acknowledged that
   security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a
   protest sit-in camp outside the military headquarters in Khartoum last
   week.

   The spokesman of the ruling military council, Gen. Shams Eddin Kabashi,
   told reporters at a news conference late Thursday that an investigation
   was underway and that several military officers were held in custody
   for alleged "deviation" from the action plan set by military leaders.

   Kabashi did not elaborate on the violations beyond describing them as
   "painful and outrageous".

   Over 100 people were killed in the capital and across Sudan in a
   sweeping crackdown last week, according to protest organizers.
   Protesters also said more than 40 bodies were pulled from the Nile
   River in Khartoum and taken away by security forces.

   "We feel sorry for what happened," said Kabashi. "We will show no
   leniency and we will hold accountable anyone, regardless of their rank,
   if proven to have committed violations."
   

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