The Khartoum massacre on 3 June 2019, when the armed forces of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, headed by the Rapid Support Forces, used heavy gunfire to disperse a sit-in by protestors in Khartoum. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are widely attributed as being responsible for the massacre. But one can reasonably assume that the coup leader al-Burhan also has a responsibility. Three years after that massacre, there is still no justice for the victims.
KHARTOUM June 3: The Khartoum massacre occurred on 3 June 2019, when the armed forces of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, headed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), used heavy gunfire and teargas to disperse a sit-in by protestors in Khartoum, killing more than 100 people. There have been difficulties to estimate the actual numbers.
RSF is the immediate successor organisation to the shameful Janjaweed militia.
At least forty of the bodies had been thrown in the River Nile. Hundreds of unarmed civilians were injured, hundreds of unarmed citizens were arrested, many families were terrorised in their home estates across Sudan.
RSF raped more than 70 women and men. There is a culture of deviant sexuality within the Rapid Support Forces. Janjaweed militias had wide presence throughout Khartoum and prevented documenting the number of victims.
Three years after that massacre, victims’ families and survivors are still searching for justice. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo are widely attributed as being responsible for the massacre.
In December 2019, the then civilian-military government tasked a committee with releasing a fact-finding report about the killings, and pressing charges against those believed to be responsible. Many are now accusing Sudan’s military leaders of obstructing justice, and that is what one can expect from people with low morale and illegal ambitions.
During the latest demonstrations, police used tear gas to disperse protesters who took to the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Thursday ahead of the third anniversary of a crackdown on mass sit-ins in which dozens of peaceful protesters were killed.
