UN chief outraged over deadly attack on Darfur peacekeepers

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed "outrage" over a deadly attack on peacekeepers in Darfur earlier today, which killed seven Tanzanian peacekeepers and wounded 17 others. "Unidentified armed assailants ambushed a convoy composed of troops and police of the African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in Khor Abeche, South Darfur. Among the injured are four UNAMID police officers, including two female officers, and 13 troops," a statement by the Secretary General's spokesperson said. The Secretary General expresses his deepest sympathies to the families of the fallen peacekeepers, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and to all UNAMID personnel, it noted. "The Secretary General condemns this heinous attack on UNAMID, the third in three weeks, and expects that the Government of Sudan will take swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice," it concluded.