Citizens set police cars on fire

02/11/2011 22:44

Protests sparked by the death of a teenager due bullet wounds from a shootingEnraged citizens set two police cars on fire and pelted stones at the anti-riot police office in eastern Sudan’s Kassala city on Tuesday.The actions were meant to be a protest against the killing of a teenager by the anti-riot police on Tuesday.The deceased, 13-year-old Mohammed Idris was killed by bullet wounds to his head, after which his body was taken to the Kassala hospital morgue.Another boy, 12-year-old Mahmoud Ali Karar sustained serious injuries when a bullet his his pelvic region. Karar was also rushed to the city hospital.Police spokesperson Colonel Ahmed Touhami said in a press statement that Mahmoud Ali Karar was caught in a crossfire between the anti-riot police and smugglers who were smuggling sorghum into Ethiopia.Kassala has seen a anti-government protesters take to the streets since three weeks.

Protests sparked by the death of a teenager due bullet wounds from a shooting

Enraged citizens set two police cars on fire and pelted stones at the anti-riot police office in eastern Sudan’s Kassala city on Tuesday.

The actions were meant to be a protest against the killing of a teenager by the anti-riot police on Tuesday.

The deceased, 13-year-old Mohammed Idris was killed by bullet wounds to his head, after which his body was taken to the Kassala hospital morgue.

Another boy, 12-year-old Mahmoud Ali Karar sustained serious injuries when a bullet his his pelvic region. Karar was also rushed to the city hospital.

Police spokesperson Colonel Ahmed Touhami said in a press statement that Mahmoud Ali Karar was caught in a crossfire between the anti-riot police and smugglers who were smuggling sorghum into Ethiopia.

Kassala has seen a anti-government protesters take to the streets since three weeks.