UN Security Council to discuss crisis in Sudan following death of 30 protesters

The UN Security Council will meet today to discuss the crisis in Sudan after security forces violently broke up weeks of protests against military rule. 

In this incident, more than 30 people have been dead and hundreds injured. According to reports, Britain and Germany requested the talks yesterday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized Sudan's security personnel for using excessive force. 

In a statement, Mr. Guterres said, he is alarmed by reports that security forces have opened fire inside a hospital in Khartoum and called for an independent investigation



into deaths from the violence.

Mr. Guterres urged Sudanese authorities to facilitate an independent investigation of the deaths and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.

The US said it was a brutal attack while the UK called it outrageous. After the President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in a coup in April, the country has been governed by a military council.

Meanwhile, leaders of the pro-democracy movement, said they were stopping all contact with the Transitional Military Council and called a general strike.