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Al-Araby
Children have been met with police brutality at demonstrations against the recent military coup in Sudan, provoking widespread anxiety throughout society, especially among families. Violence has been meted out to under-18s caught using the same methods as adults to defy the oppression they face from the security services – videos have spread on social media showing children resisting teargas canisters by grabbing them off the ground where they have fallen and hurling them back at police units. Other video clips have circulated of children throwing stones at police officers and using rocks to b…