(MENAFN) On Friday, Sudanese police proclaimed that two demonstrators were murdered during the protests in capital Khartoum.
"A number of citizens and policemen were injured during Thursday events," Hashim Abdel-Rahim, Sudanese police spokesman, stated in a statement.
He added, "Later, one person died sustaining his injury, while another injured died on Friday morning".
The spokesman denied what has been generalized by several media outlets and social media that a 14-year old boy was murdered during Thursday demonstrations, stating that "the news reports about the death of a 14-year-old boy is baseless."
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