Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone attack in Sudan
VOV correspondents in Cairo -
(VOVWORLD) - Six United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed on Saturday in a drone strike on Sudan's southern Kordofan region, the UN mission said.
 United Nations peacekeepers patrol the outskirts of Abyei on September 16, 2013. (Photo: REUTERS) |
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) said "six troops were killed and six injured," including four seriously, when a drone hit the logistics camp in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state. All of the victims are from Bangladesh, it said.
This is the most serious attack against UN peacekeeping forces in Sudan since the start of the bloody, nationwide conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, 2023.
The army-aligned government accused the RSF of being behind the incident.
VOV correspondents in Cairo