New Delhi, December 20
Two Indian Army soldiers have been killed and another one has been injured after an attack by armed militia on a UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) camp late last night. The Indian soldiers were on UN duty.

Both the deceased belong to Haryana. Subedar Dharmesh Sangwan of 12 Rajputana Rifles and Subedar Kumar Pal Singh from the Army Medical Corps have died while Naik Sahabul Mandal of the EME Corps has been injured.

Attackers from the ‘Lou Neur’ ethnic group had targeted 36 civilians of the ‘Dinka’ ethnicity who had sought refuge at the UN temporary operating base at Akobo.

Sangwan, 33 years of age, is from Charki Dadri in Bhiwani while Kumar Pal Singh, (46), is from Sohna, Gurgaon. Mandal is from West Bengal.

The bodies will be flown to India on December 22 on a UN plane, sources in the Indian Army said here.

The bodies have been taken to Juba, the capital of South Sudan. The two had been attached with the 8th Rajputana Rifles and had been posted to South Sudan in May. At the time of the attack, 43 Indian peacekeepers, six UN police advisers and two UN civilian employees were present at the base.