Unidentified gunmen ambushed a Senegalese peacekeeping contingent in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, killing one Senegalese soldier and wounding nine more, an army spokesman said yesterday. The attack occurred Friday near the border with Chad, said Senegal Army spokesman Lt. Col. Antoine Wardini. The troops were traveling in a convoy between the towns of Tine and Kulbus "when they got ambushed," Wardini said. "We fired back and the attackers pulled back and ran." Wardini said peacekeeping reinforcements had been sent from Kulbus to secure the area. It was not known who carried out the attack, but an investigation was ongoing. |