In the early evening hours of 7 October, a UNAMID international civilian staff member was abducted from his accommodation in El Fasher, North Darfur. 

In the incident, three peacekeepers were taken from their residence by three gunmen, who left in a UNAMID vehicle that was parked next to their accommodation. Two of the staff subsequently managed to escape from the moving vehicle.

There has been no contact with the suspects, nor the abductee. An extensive search for the peacekeeper, a Hungarian national, is ongoing by UNAMID and the Sudanese authorities.