Witnesses said soldiers were putting up barricades in streets near the compound after a crackdown by NISS personnel and police failed to dislodge the demonstrators.
Several vehicles carrying intelligence agency members and riot police had arrived in the early hours Monday at the protest site, witnesses told AFP.
“We want you, the young officers and soldiers, to remain committed to the role of the national army, which is of protecting the people,” the Sudanese Professionals Association said in a statement.The morning tear gas was felt by residents in an upscale Khartoum district some five kilometres away from the army complex.
Chanting anti-government slogans, protesters have been urging the military to back them in demanding Bashir’s resignation. Sudan’s security council on Sunday said the demands of the protesters “have to be heard” after a meeting chaired by the veteran leader. In recent weeks the scale and intensity of protests had dwindled due to a state of emergency imposed by Bashir, but Saturday saw a resurgence as thousands headed to the army headquarters.
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