KHARTOUM -- Sudan's military council said on Friday that all killers of protesters will be held accountable.

The remark was made by Omer Zainal-Abdin, chairman of the political committee of the transitional military council, which was established after Thursday's military ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

Zainal-Abdin also expressed the council's readiness to consider shortening the transitional period, which was set for two years, according to the security and political circumstances.

He also said al-Bashir would not be handed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for trial.