El FASHER—A UNAMID formed police unit patrol (FPU) from Togo was attacked by unidentified gunmen on 20 April just before noon while on a routine patrol. The team of 32 officers had been patrolling in the Sisi internally displaced persons camp and were returning to their base camp in Mourne, West Darfur, about 70 kilometres southeast of El Geneina, when men armed with AK-47 rifles attacked them, injuring two FPU members.

The patrol team withdrew towards the IDP camp while a UNAMID rescue unit also comprised of Togolese FPU members was called to assist. After the arrival of the rescue team at around 1300, the combined units started to move back to the base at Mourne and were ambushed again by gunmen who shot and injured two additional FPU officers. The FPU team returned fire, but the perpetrators fled.

The teams then made their way back to the Mourne base, and the four wounded officers were medevaced by helicopter to the UNAMID Nigerian level 2 Hospital in EL Geneina, where they are in stable condition.

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