25 September 2011 - UNAMID peacekeepers observed on 21 September a military gunship helicopter flying at a low altitude over Khor Abeche area, South Darfur, and firing two rockets around Umgafala village, about 9 km north of Khor Abeche. The following day a UNAMID patrol to the village confirmed the incident and no injury or damage to property was reported.

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