New Delhi: An Indian UN peacekeeper was killed in southern Sudan and two wounded on Friday, the United Nations said.
The peacekeeping team came under fire from unidentified assailants while escorting a de-mining team near the southern Sudanese town of Magwe.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned killing of the Indian peacekeeper and demanded swift investigation into the incident to determine the perpetrators.
The Secretary-General extends his condolences to the Government of India and to the family of the deceased soldier and wishes a speedy recovery to the injured.
Friday's attack came two days after Ban called for Sudanese officials to investigate the arrest and assault of 20 UN staff members and humanitarian workers by police in Darfur last week.
The UN mission, with about 10,300 troops and police, was sent into southern Sudan in March 2005.
It monitors a peace agreement ending a 21-year civil war in the south that is separate from the conflict still raging in Sudan's western Darfur region.
Earlier this month, a Sudanese driver for the World Food Program was killed in an ambush on the road between the towns of Juba and Torit, the UN said.
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