A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.
The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement.
Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are Bangladeshi nationals, serving in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
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“Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” said Guterres, who called for those responsible for the “unjustifiable” attack to be held accountable.
The Sudanese military blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a notorious paramilitary group at war with the army for the control of the country for more than two years. There was no immediate comment from the RSF.
The attack “clearly reveals the subversive approach of the rebel militia and those behind it”, the military said in a statement. The military posted a video on social media showing plumes of dense black smoke over what it said was the UN facility.
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