Crew member killed in South Sudan as militia attack UN evacuation helicopter
Some of the forty troop members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in opposition (SPLA/M-IO) take a pick up truck after landing in a UN plane at Juba airport on March 28, 2016, as part of the peace agreement signed between rebel forces and the Government in August 2015. AFP PHOTO | ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN
A United Nations helicopter carrying out an evacuation mission in Nasir, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, was attacked, killing one crew member and injuring two others.
The UN mission (UNMISS) condemned the attack, calling it a possible war crime and calling for an investigation to hold those responsible to account.
The incident comes amid escalating tensions between the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the White Army militia, threatening the fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar.
A crew member of a United Nations helicopter conducting an evacuation mission in Nasir, Upper Nile State, in South Sudan, died and two others were injured after the team came under attack on Friday by a local militia.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said the helicopter was attempting to extract some stranded officials from the area.
