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Three Rwandan peacekeepers ‘killed in Darfur’

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Three peacekeepers have been killed in Sudan’s Darfur region, officials say.

The peacekeepers, from Rwanda, came under attack in West Darfur, an official with the joint UN-African Union force told Reuters news agency.

They were guarding a new base under construction in an area where there have been attacks in the past.

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“Brutally and without warning, about 20 men armed with AK47s [machine-guns] opened fire at our troops,” peacekeeping force spokesman Kemal Saiki told the AFP news agency.

Full story: BBC News – Three Rwandan peacekeepers ‘killed in Darfur’