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First U.N. Peacekeeper Killed In Darfur

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May 29, 2008 11:09 am US/Eastern

First U.N. Peacekeeper Killed In Darfur

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) ― The joint U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur says a Ugandan member of the force has been fatally shot.

The police officer is the first member of the mission slain since the troops deployed five months ago.

The officer, John Kennedy Okecha, was found dead in a vehicle operated by the UNAMID force in North Darfur on Wednesday, the mission said. He had been shot three times, in the neck, chest and stomach.

UNAMID described the killing as "an act of cold blooded murder" and appealed to anyone with knowledge of the slaying to come forward.

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