The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) said "six troops were killed and six injured", including four seriously, when a drone hit their camp in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan state.

All of the victims are from Bangladesh, it said. UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the "horrific" attack, saying it "may constitute war crimes under international law". "Attacks as the one today in South Kordofan against peacekeepers are unjustifiable. There will need to be accountability," he said in a statement. Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus in a statement said he was "deeply saddened" by the attack, and put the toll at six dead and eight wounded. He asked the UN to ensure that his country's personnel were offered "any necessary emergency support". "The government of Bangladesh will stand by the families in this difficult moment," Yunus added. Dhaka's foreign ministry said it "strongly condemned" the attack. UN peacekeepers are deployed to Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan. (Bssnews)