Gunmen ambushed an African Union peacekeeping patrol Tuesday in Darfur, killing one soldier and critically injuring two others, the AU mission said.The three soldiers, from Rwanda's contingent to the AU mission, were part of a unit patrolling near a water point in the North Darfur sector of Sotorny. An AU car was hijacked during the assault, which took place in a zone controlled by the Sudan Liberation Movement rebels, the AU said.
"But there is no way to confirm whether our soldiers were attacked by the rebels until the investigation is complete," said Moussa Hamani, an AU spokesman.
He said the two injured peacekeepers were in critical condition and had been medically evacuated to Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.
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