Students have been among those drawing the attention of security forces. On Wednesday, military forces also stormed the building of the official news agency SUNA and forced out all reporters, according to journalists, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals. Protests were dispersed by tear gas and live bullets left at last four people dead, according to an independent doctors' union. "All security on the streets now look like the Bashir-era forces," said one protester, Hanaa Hassan. Some protesters drew grim parallels with life under autocrat Omar al-Bashir, whose three decades in power only came to an end in April 2019, when the military was pushed into deposing him by enormous street protests against his iron-fisted rule. Since the power grab on Monday, security forces have heavily deployed on the streets of the capital Khartoum and beyond. Lashing, frisking, and arbitrary detentions - Sudanese protesters say security forces have resorted to frenzied violence to quash street protests against the country's latest military coup.
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