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On Monday, June 3rd 2019 the military armed forces of the TMC (Transitional Military Council) headed by the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) Also known as "Janjaweed" and NISS (National Intelligence And Security Services), together with other TMC forces, stormed the sit-in area in Alqiyada st (Military HQ) by using heavy gunfire, tear gas, sound bombs and many other inhuman ways to disperse the sit-in, which resulted in the death of more than 200 people and left thousands of severely injured others. Estimating the number of casualties was difficult in the days following the massacre because of the internet services blockage.
The TMC had cut the internet in attempt to snub our voices so the world can't see the horrible and indescribable crimes and violations they've committed, too bad they didn't know that the whole world already knows!
- There were reports of a large number of victims in the field of the sit-in area with difficulty of evacuating them, that was on the evening of June 4th 2019 (a day after the massacre) many of the victims were found floating in the Nile with rocks and heavy objects tied to their legs!
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-On June 9 , witnesses reported the smell of dead bodies coming
from the drainage channels and suspected that the RSF had thrown them there!
The Massacre timeline
The following is a timeline of what took place in Alqiyada sit-in camp:
- 4:30 am: Janjaweed militias and NISS along with other TMC forces (Police, Ali Osman's Shadow Battalions, Ahmed Haroun's Militias...) started surveying the sit-in camp in preparation for the attack.
- 4:55 am: Around 100 military vehicles belonging to RSF militias, armed with heavy firearms, including anti-aircraft weapons and carrying hundreds of armed soldiers arrived. These soldiers were carrying weapons and sticks when they surrounded Alqiyada. Their cars prevented the unarmed civilians from entering the Military HQ.
- They formed a barrier between the people and the military. Simultaneously, another 100 white pickup trucks (without number plates), full of soldiers in Police uniforms arrived.
- Other RSF (Janjaweed) soldiers were seen in huge numbers along Nile street and Al-Hadeed bridge. That is where the attacks began.
- 6:00 am onward: The joined forces started the attack on the sit- in camp using live ammunition, tear gas, sound bombs and sticks, storming the area from all directions, leaving a narrow path for people to exit (Burri Roundabout) The RSF started burning the tents and shooting indiscriminately, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of fatally injured others.
- 8:00 am: There was no one left in the sit-in area except for the RSF militias, the burned tents and the dead bodies.

Consequences of the Massacre:

- Hours after the Massacre, all the internet services in Sudan had been suppressed for a month and a half. It was restored on July 22nd after the TMC was pressured by the International Community.
- On Monday June 4th, TMC canceled all agreements reached during the negotiations with the FFC on setting up a transitional administration.
- On Tuesday the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) met on at the request of Britain and Germany to hear a briefing from UN envoy Nicholas Haysom, who has been working with the African Union (AU) on a solution to the crisis in Sudan. But China, backed by Russia, blocked a bid to condemn the killing of civilians and issue an urgent call from world powers for an immediate intervention to stop the violence.
- On Wednesday June 5th, the FFC called on all countries and international organizations to stop dealing with the Transitional Military Council (TMC) as they were directly responsible for the massacre.
- Following Alqiyada massacre where in more than 100 unarmed protestors were killed by the Rapid Support Forces militias (RSF) while the army stood by and did absolutely nothing, and on June 6th the African Union decided to suspended Sudan's participation in the African Union until the TMC hands over power to civilians. Sudan's opposition alliance (SOA) has also refused the military junta's offer to resume negotiations until power is transferred to civilians.
- On Sunday June 9th, SPA and FFC called for a national wide civil disobedience campaign aiming at removing the TMC and condemning Alqiyada Massacre. Four people were shot dead by the RSF in Khartoum. Roads were blocked, almost all formal and informal businesses were closed, including, banks, restaurants and Khartoum International Airport.
Many of the people who went missing after the massacre has not been found till this day.

Responsibility:
All the Transitional Military Council (TMC) are including the NISS and RSF forces are directly responsible for the massacre and they must be brought to fair trials as soon as possible along with the former regime's symbols.

Victims of Alqiyada Massacre
On June 12th 2019, the Sudanese Doctors Association published a list of 104 people that were killed on and after 3 June attacks, including 10+ children. The majority of the victims were killed by gunfire, while others were stabbed to death, burned, raped, and tortured to death