Two students have died and eight other injured, after Sudanese regular forces fired live ammunition at student protests at Zalingei University in Central Darfur yesterday. The Director of the University of Zalingei, Mousa Ismail, acknowledged in a statement that the shooting by the security forces at student protests in front of the former UNAMID headquarters resulted in the death of Ezzeldin Omar, who was a student at the Faculty of Science of Technology, and the wounding of eight students, three of whom are in critical condition. The three critical cases were transferred to Nyala Hospital in South Darfur.