Radio Dabanga (Hilversum)

Sudan: Peacekeepers Ambushed in W Darfur, Several Dead

3 October 2012
Photo: Albert González Farran/UN Photo
A UN vehicle is shown badly damaged the day after the ambush in West Darfur, Sudan.

El-Fasher — Four peacekeepers of the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) have been killed and eight injured in an ambush by unidentified assailants that took place on the evening of 2 October in El Geneina, West Darfur.

The incident, which involved a Nigerian military patrol, occurred approximately two kilometers from the Mission's regional headquarters.

UNAMID personnel, who were heavily fired upon from several directions, returned fire. UNAMID and local authorities are working at the scene of the incident.

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