Tear gas confronts \\\'revolution\\\' call at Sudan funeral

KHARTOUM, Mar 12 (AFP): Sudanese police fired tear gas Wednesday when mourners called for "revolution" following the funeral of a student allegedly gunned down by security forces at a protest against violence in Darfur.

The incident came after about 1,000 mourners had buried Ali Abaker Mussa Idris in a south Khartoum cemetery.

An AFP reporter said police resorted to tear gas as the angry crowd, shouting anti-government slogans, began moving out of the burial ground.

The public anger is the first major showing of discontent since dozens of people were gunned down in anti-regime protests last September.

Idris, a third-year economics student, died in hospital from gunshot wounds "after security forces used tear gas and opened fire with live ammunition" at the University of Khartoum demonstration on Tuesday, Amnesty International said.

In a statement on the Interior Ministry website, police did not say what killed the student. They said officers had fired only tear gas.