UN peacekeeper killed in shelling of Sudan base: spokesman

Shells hit a United Nations base in Sudan's troubled South Kordofan state today, killing one peacekeeper and wounding two more, a UN spokesman said.

Shells hit a United Nations base in Sudan's troubled South Kordofan state on Friday, killing one peacekeeper and wounding two more, a UN spokesman said.

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"Two shells today hit the UN peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, in Sudan's South Kordofan state. One United Nations peacekeeper was killed in this shelling and two more injured. We condemn in the strongest terms this shelling," UN peacekeeping spokesman Kieran Dwyer told AFP.