Nearly seven UN peacekeepers were killed and 17 others injured in an attack in the Darfur region of Sudan.
A spokesman for Unamid, a joint African Union-United Nations mission, said the incident occurred near the mission's base at Manawashi, north of Nyala.
According to the BBC, a UN statement said that all the seven who were killed were Tanzanian.
Spokesman Christopher Cycmanick said the incident happened as the peacekeepers were on patrol about 25km west from a second Unamid base at Khar Abeche, in South Darfur.
Cycmanick said a large group of armed men attacked the peacekeepers and there had been an intense exchange of gunfire with the police.
He added that it was not known who the attackers were.
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