Protesters: Sudanese police fire on funeral march

Sunday, September 29, 2013

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudanese security forces in pickup trucks opened fire Saturday on hundreds of mourners marching after the funeral of a protester killed a day earlier, the latest violence in a week of demonstrations calling for the ouster of longtime President Omar al-Bashir.

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