Sudan: Three Unamid Peacekeepers Killed in Ambush Near El Geneina, West Darfur

press release

In the morning of 13 October 2013 a UNAMID Formed Police Unit detail escorting a water convoy from El Geneina town to the UNAMID regional headquarters in West Darfur was ambushed by an unidentified armed group. Three Senegalese peacekeepers were killed and one injured. The assailants hijacked one vehicle, which was later recovered 7 kilometers from the scene.

This incident occurred on the same road where a UNAMID patrol was ambushed in October last year.

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