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Peacekeeper killed in Sudan's Darfur

Xinhua, March 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

A peacekeeper of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed by unidentified gunmen in North Darfur State, Sudan's Ashorooq Net reported Thursday.

"A mission peacekeeper was killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a UNAMID patrol in North Darfur State," Ashorooq quoted a UNAMID source as saying.

"The attack resulted in the killing of a South African Peacekeeper and injuring of another," the source noted.

"The attack took place at Jiraido area, some 40 km from the mission site in Kutum town in North Darfur State," the report said.

Since its deployment in early 2008, the mission has encountered repeated attacks by unidentified gunmen in the region, where so far around 61 of its personnel were killed in such attacks.

The UNAMID is considered the second biggest peacekeeping mission in the world, after the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It consists of over 20,000 personnel of military, police and civilian components. Endit