Sudan Activists Say 12 Protesters Killed by Regime

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By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press

CAIRO July 31, 2012 (AP)

Demonstrations in Sudan started on June 16 when University of Khartoum students voiced their opposition to high food prices. (AFP)
Sudanese activists say regime forces have killed 12 people in the country's battle-scarred Darfur region, most of them high school students.

The Sudan Change Now Movement says that the protesters were attacked by regime forces that opened fire on the crowd, also wounding several dozen people in their second day of protests Tuesday.

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