source: Radio Tamazuj; Radio Dabanga; Eye Radio (South Sudan)
actor1: Protesters (Sudan)
actor2: Police Forces of Sudan (1989-2019)
location: Khartoum
notes: On 31 December 2018, large demonstrations - including a march to the Presidential Palace - took place in Khartoum (Khartoum, Khartoum). A heavy security presences (consisting of police and police reservists, alongside NISS, PDF, and 'irregular militias' (coded here as pro-government militias)) obstructed demonstrators, and used tear gas and live ammunition against them. An unspecified number of injuries are reported, and an unspecified number have been arrested. South Sudanese officials claimed four South Sudanese were killed by stray bullets, and ten were injured. No date (or dates) has been specified for the deaths (four fatalities have been coded for the 31st, pending more specific information on the dates). [size=no report]