AL-OBEID: Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of a central Sudanese city Wednesday, denouncing the killing of six demonstrators there including schoolchildren at a rally this week.
"Blood for blood, we don't want compensation," chanted men and women as they marched in Al-Obeid where the killings took place on Monday.
Many carried Sudanese flags and some held photographs of those killed as they gathered in the downtown area, after marching through several parts of the city, an AFP correspondent reported.
"It is unacceptable that young people are being killed," said protester Fatima Mohamed as behind her crowds chanted revolutionary slogans that have rocked the country for months.
"These schoolchildren were chanting only slogans. Why were they shot with bullets?"
"Those who committed these crimes must be brought to justice," she said.
Tragedy struck the city on Monday when six people, including five secondary school pupils, were shot dead at a rally against a growing shortage of bread and fuel in the city.
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