Sudanese soldiers, UN peacekeepers attacked in Abyei

Sudan People's Liberation Army ( SPLA) ambushed the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers and UN peacekeepers some seven km north of Abyei town on Sudan's north- south border, official SUNA news agency reported on Friday."Heavy weapons were used against the SAF and UN troops in the ambush, resulting in great human loss," SUNA quoted SAF Spokesman Al-Sawarmy Khalid Saad as saying in a statement released earlier Friday morning.Al-Sawarmy said that the SAF maintained the right to respond, while the SPLA has not yet confirmed or refuted this news.The UN on Friday confirmed the attack, saying that unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy transporting northern Sudanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers in the country's disputed area of Abyei, which resulted in wounding two persons.A spokesman of the UN Mission...

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