The head of a Sudanese investigative committee said on Saturday that 87 people were killed and 168 wounded on June 3 when a sit-in protest was violently broken up by security forces.
Fath al-Rahman Saeed, the head of the committee, said 17 of those killed were in the square occupied by protesters and 48 of the wounded were hit by bullets.
SEE ALSO: More Deaths Reported in Sudan ProtestsSaeed said some security forces fired at protesters and that three officers violated orders by moving forces into the sit-in.
He also said an order was issued to whip protesters.