Witnesses at a funeral in Sudan for a slain government protester said they were attacked by police forces with gunfire and tear gas on Saturday, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Although their accounts of the incident could not be verified, other Sudanese activists insisted that poorly trained government forces have previously performed similar acts at protesters.
Three women said they became surrounded by armed authorities in pickup trucks on a street in Khartoum and were attacked. One of the women, who spoke from the hospital, said two of her relatives were wounded after being shot.
"The cars came from the back and the front while we were marching in the street," another protester said.
Salah al-Sanhouri, a 26-year-old pharmacist, was shot to death outside of work as a protest march passed by on Friday. During his funeral, friends and relatives began chanting "The people want the downfall of al-Bashir" and yelled "Rebel! Rebel!" as he was laid to rest.
Crackdowns have only encouraged more protests -- generated by the lifting of fuel and gas subsidies -- against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir's 24-year-long rule.
According to activists and doctors at a Khartoum hospital, at least 100 people have died since Monday from the protests. However, Sudanese police reported only 30 people, including officers, have died and official documents credit unknown attackers as responsible for some of the deaths.
Human rights group Amnesty International and the African Center for Peace and Justice Studies claim the government has carried out a "shoot and kill" policy against protesters and counted 50 deaths between Tuesday and Wednesday alone.
Both news outlets Sky News Arabia and Al-Arabiya said Sudan ordered for their Khartoum offices to be shut down. In addition, Sudanese news organizations have been prohibited from reporting on the protests and were told to refer to protesters as "saboteurs."
