Official: 2 arrested in connection with ambush on UN-AU peacekeepers that wounded 7 Pakistanis
By APThursday, February 18, 2010
2 arrested for ambush on UN-AU Darfur peacekeepers
KHARTOUM, Sudan — A spokesman for the international peacekeeping mission in Darfur says Sudanese authorities have arrested two people in connection with an ambush earlier this week on joint U.N.-African Union forces.
Noureddine Mezni said Thursday government troops captured the two suspects outside the south Darfur capital of Nyala a day earlier. Authorities also recovered one of two U.N.-AU vehicles stolen in the attack.
The arrests come after gunmen attacked a police convoy outside Nyala on Tuesday, wounding seven Pakistani police officers serving with the U.N.-AU force. Four of them are in critical condition.
The 26,000-strong U.N. mission in Darfur has a mandate to help protect civilians, ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid, and bring peace and security to the territory.
