Five AU soldiers killed in Darfur - spokesman

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Five AU soldiers killed in Darfur - spokesman
02 Apr 2007 09:32:51 GMT
Source: Reuters

CAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed five African Union
peacekeepers in the Darfur region of western Sudan, the heaviest death toll
suffered by the African force in one day since late 2004, a spokesman said
on Monday.

The five were guarding a water point near the Sudanese border with Chad
when they came under fire on Sunday, Noureddine Mezni told Reuters. Four
soldiers were killed in the shooting and the fifth died of his wounds on
Monday morning.

Three gunmen were also killed, he said.

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