Baku-APA. The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack which killed five UN peacekeepers from India and at least seven civilians in South Sudan, and called on South Sudan to bring the perpetrators to justice, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The condemnation was contained in a statement read to the press here by the council president for April, Rwandan UN Ambassador Eugene-Richard Gasana.
"The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the 9 April attack by unidentified armed persons on a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in Jonglei, South Sudan, in which five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven civilians were killed," the statement said.
"The members of the Security Council expressed their condolences to the families of the peacekeepers and the UNMISS staff killed in the attack, as well as to the government of India, " the statement said. "They called on the government of South Sudan to swiftly investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice."
"The members of the Security Council reiterated their full support for UNMISS and the troop contributing countries and called on all parties in South Sudan to cooperate with the mission," the statement said.
Earlier on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also slammed the deadly attacks, saying that he was "appalled" by the attacks on UN peacekeepers and called on the government of South Sudan to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice.
Armed rebels on Tuesday opened fire on a United Nations convoy, which included 32 Indian soldiers, in South Sudan's Jonglei state, reports said.
The South Sudanese government has earlier declared Jonglei state a "disaster area" and sent around 3,000 soldiers to try to avoid tribal violence in the state. Around 1,000 UN troops are also deployed in the area.
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