On the night of Oct. 25, in the turbulent hours following the announcement of a military takeover in Sudan by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the coup leader, a group of forces wearing military uniforms stormed the central complex of Khartoum University including the dorms of female students. During the attack, young women were subjected to insults, beaten and forced to leave the dormitories, which were also looted.
One of the students who was at the scene on the night of the violent raid told a group of human rights organizations that students “were shocked by the soldiers’ carrying guns and sticks and beating us while looting our belongings." “They verbally abused us and ordered us to evacuate the dorms. We didn’t know where to go as the internet was cut off and we were not able to contact our families,” she said. “It was a night of horror.”
