UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan

CAIRO (AP) — A drone strike hit a U.N. facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

The strike hit the UN peacekeeping logistics base in the town of Kadugli in the central Kordofan region, it said in a statement.

Eight other peacekeepers were injured in the strike. All the victims are Bangladeshi nationals serving in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA.

“Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” said Guterres, who called for those responsible for this “unjustifiable” attack to be held accountable.

Sudan’s military blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces, a notorious paramilitary group that has been at war with the army for control of the country for more than two years.

The attack “clearly reveals the subversive approach of the rebel militia and those who support it,” the army said in a statement.