A Bangladeshi police officer with UNAMID, the African Union – United Nations Mission, was killed and another injured on Sunday while on duty in Nyala, South Darfur.
UNAMID said the peacekeeper, from Bangladesh’s Formed Police Unit, was killed at approximately 3:15 a.m., when a gang surrounded and fired at the staff in the Mission’s community policing centre inside the Otash camp.The armed men fled after the police unit returned fire.
Acting Joint Special Representative Aichatou Mindaoudou strongly condemned the attack which, she stressed, constitutes a war crime under international law.
She said the attack on peacekeepers is cowardly deplorable.
Ms Mindaoudou called on the Government of Sudan to continue to make serious efforts to apprehend the culprits and bring them to justice.
Since the initial deployment of UNAMID on 31 December 2007, 38 peacekeepers have been killed as a result of hostile actions.