KHARTOUM, Sudan, June 18 (UPI) -- Clashes between police and students protesting the arrest of six colleagues left three people dead and dozens injured in western Sudan.
Security sources said two students and a passerby were killed when police opened fire on demonstrators from the school of economics at the University of Western Kardavan in the city of Babnoussa, 850 kilometers (531 miles) southwest of Khartoum.
The students were demonstrating to press for the release of six of their colleagues, who were arrested in a dispute with the Student Support Fund, a government institution providing them with financial support.
City Mayor Uhaymar Ali Uhaymar said the authorities apprehended the policemen who opened began firing on the demonstrators. An investigation was under way.
"The incident occurred when police intervened to end riots by the demonstrating students who have destroyed university property," Uhaymar said.
