UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a deadly attack on the joint United Nations-African Union force in Darfur that killed seven peacekeepers and wounded 22 others, according to a UN press release.
"The secretary-general condemns in the strongest possible terms this unacceptable act of extreme violence against AU-UN peacekeepers in Darfur and calls on the government of Sudan to do its utmost to ensure that the perpetrators are swiftly identified and brought to justice," his spokesperson said in a statement.
The attack on the peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID, occurred at 2:45 pm Tuesday when a joint police and military patrol was ambushed by unidentified militants in northern Darfur.
The UNAMID convoy exchanged fire with the attackers who used heavy weapons.
Ban also expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the peacekeepers who lost their lives.
The UNAMID has begun operation since the beginning of this year to try to end the conflict that has raged in the western Sudanese region since 2003.
An estimated 300,000 people have died and some 2.7 million people are displaced over the past five years in Darfur.
Source:Xinhua
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