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Heavy gunfire heard at protest in Sudan's capital: live TV

  Anti-government demonstrators rally outside the defence ministry in Khartoum, Sudan, in this still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters, April 8, 2019.

Heavy gunfire was heard at a protest outside the defence ministry in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Tuesday, live broadcast by Arab TV stations showed, and activists said that security forces were trying to break up the protest by force.

Activists said in a statement posted on social media that army soldiers guarding the ministry were trying to protect the demonstrators and opened the gates of the compound to give sanctuary.

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