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N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Gunmen killed five African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region along the border with Chad, the AU said Monday — the deadliest attack on the force since it deployed three years ago.
The deaths underscored Darfur's growing violence and are likely to intensify pressure on the Sudanese government to drop its opposition to a bigger and better armed U.N. peacekeeping force deploying in Darfur.
The five peacekeepers were guarding a "water point" in the area of Kurni, West Darfur, when the gunmen attacked Sunday evening, killing four of the soldiers and mortally wounding the fifth, who died Monday, AU spokesman Noureddine Mezni said.
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