Sudan: Capital Erupts in Protests Over Killing of a Woman By Police

6 March 2012

Khartoum — Two protests broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday after a woman was killed by police.

The victim Awadia Agabna was shot dead the day before outside her house in Al-Deim area in central Khartoum by members of the Public Order Police (POP) following a scuffle between them and her brother who they accused of being drunk, eye witnesses told Sudan Tribune.

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