Three U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Darfur Ambush
10/14/2013 7:28:34 AM
Attackers swooped on a U.N. water convoy in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, killing three Senegalese peacekeepers, the United Nations said.
It was the second deadly attack on the U.N. mission in Darfur, UNAMID, in three days and U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese government to act over the incidents.
UNAMID did not identify the group behind the latest attack in which a fourth Senegalese soldier was also wounded.
The peacekeepers were escorting a water convoy from the town of El Geneina to the U.N. mission's regional headquarters in West Darfur when they were ambushed, UNAMID said in a statement.
The assailants hijacked a vehicle that was recovered four miles (seven kilometers) away.
U.N. peacekeepers have increasingly become a target for ambushes and attacks in the western region of Sudan which has been at war for the past decade. The U.N. says at least 300,000 people have died in the conflict.
Assailants killed a Zambian military observer with in the main North Darfur city of El Fasher on Friday.
It was the second deadly attack on the U.N. mission in Darfur, UNAMID, in three days and U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese government to act over the incidents.
UNAMID did not identify the group behind the latest attack in which a fourth Senegalese soldier was also wounded.
The peacekeepers were escorting a water convoy from the town of El Geneina to the U.N. mission's regional headquarters in West Darfur when they were ambushed, UNAMID said in a statement.
The assailants hijacked a vehicle that was recovered four miles (seven kilometers) away.
U.N. peacekeepers have increasingly become a target for ambushes and attacks in the western region of Sudan which has been at war for the past decade. The U.N. says at least 300,000 people have died in the conflict.
Assailants killed a Zambian military observer with in the main North Darfur city of El Fasher on Friday.