US News Sudan: a new mass grave could shelter the victims of the massacre of June 3, 2019

© AFP A Sudanese protester waves the national flag in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, in June 2020.

In Sudan, the bodies discovered in graves near Khartoum will be exhumed. The prosecutor has announced the launch of new steps in the investigation of these remains discovered ten days ago, not far from Khartoum. Authorities believe they are victims of the June 3, 2019 massacre. Security forces stormed the sit-in, the beating heart of the revolution, causing a bloodbath.

With our correspondent in Nairobi, Sébastien Nemeth

The bodies are scattered over three sites, near the al-Markhiyat mountains. Investigators will now extract them from the pits and collect all possible evidence.

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Fatal attacks on protesters in Sudan in June were planned and could amount to crimes against humanity. Sudan ’s transitional authorities should Investigators should probe the roles of the TMC and all those involved in the planning of the June 3 operation, including RSF commander Hemedti.

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DNA tests will be carried out. The prosecutor's office will try to determine the identity of these people, the cause and the date of their deaths.

" Buried in a manner contrary to human dignity "

The discovery of these corpses was announced on November 11. The prosecutor said at the time that "these people were killed and buried in a manner contrary to human dignity".

According to witnesses, the remains were buried on June 3, 2019, the very day of the sit-in massacre. So they could be victims of the bloodbath. The families of the missing have in any case already been notified.

On June 3, 2019, the security forces of the transitional regime had brutally dismantled the sit-in, the beating heart of the revolution installed in the streets of Khartoum, in front of the army headquarters. Officially, the attack left 85 people dead. But other sources speak of at least 200 victims and dozens of missing.

The soldiers have never admitted their responsibility. They accuse sympathizers of the former regime who allegedly infiltrated their ranks.

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