New York - A UN-African Union peacekeeping convoy in Sudan's Darfur region was ambushed by unidentified armed men on Friday, resulting in two UN troops from Egypt killed, the UN said.
The UN said the armed men opened fire indiscriminately at the convoy of three UN vehicles and 20 military personnel in Edd al Fursan, in southern Darfur. The attackers fled after UN troops returned fire.
The attack seriously injured three UN peacekeepers, who were taken to a hospital of the UN-African Mission in Darfur in Nyala and were reported in stable condition.
The deaths of the two Egyptian troops brought to 24 the total of UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur since January 2008 when the mission was deployed.
The UN envoy to the region expressed "outrage" at the cowardly attacks against the peace mission. The UN called on the Sudanese government to identify, capture and swiftly bring the attackers before justice.
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