7 killed, 140 hurt in protests against Sudan military coup
KHARTOUM—Sudan's military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and a health ministry official said 7 people were killed by gunfire and 140 injured in clashes between soldiers and street protesters.
"What the country is going through now is a real threat and danger to the dreams of the youth and the hopes of the nation," he said. Hamdok, an economist and former senior UN official, was detained and taken to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of the takeover, the information ministry said.
The US State Department said Washington had nothing to share on Hamdok's whereabouts and condition. A department spokesman said it was pausing $700 million in economic support for Sudan. The country had been on edge since last month when a failed coup plot, blamed on Bashir supporters, unleashed recriminations between the military and civilians.
Washington had tried to avert the collapse of the power-sharing agreement by sending a special envoy, Jeffrey Feltman. The director of Hamdok's office, Adam Hereika, told Reuters the military had mounted the takeover despite "positive movements" towards an agreement after meetings with Feltman in recent days.
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