3 UNAMID peacekeepers killed in an attack in North Darfur

An African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol came under attack by armed assailants in Zam Zam internally displaced persons camp some 10 kilometres south of El Fasher in North Darfur. Three peacekeepers -two soldiers and one police advisor- were killed and six peacekeepers injured, three of them seriously. One assailant was also killed, UNAMID said. Ibrahim Gambari, Joint Special Representative and head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, strongly condemned the attack. The UNAMID patrol was a regular nightly patrol of unarmed police advisors and armed military escorts. Their mission was to protect civilians. The JSR called upon the Sudanese authorities to mount a full investigation immediately and to find and bring to justice the perpetrators as soon as possible. Since the initial deployment of UNAMID in 2007, 33 peacekeepers have been killed while deployed with UNAMID as a result of hostile action.