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Sudanese protesters after security forces fired teargas to disperse them
The number of people killed by security officers during Monday's pro-democracy protests in Sudan has risen to at least seven, medics say.
Civilians were shot with live bullets, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said, calling it "a massacre by the coup authorities who were seeking to disperse the protests".
The authorities have not yet commented on the reported deaths.
Reuters news agency quotes a witness as saying several injured civilians could be seen bleeding heavily in streets after security forces fired tear gas to block protesters from approaching the presidential palace in Khartoum.
Thousands demonstrated in the capital Khartoum and the central city of Wad Madani.
More than 70 have died in protests since the October coup, according to a tally from doctors in the country.
Sudan's ruling military council has said it will establish an anti-terrorism force to counter what it described as "potential threats".
Monday's protests come ahead of a planned visit by the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and the country's new Horn of Africa envoy.
Their first stop is Saudi Arabia where they are discussing possible ways of restoring a transitional government. (Based on BBC reports)
