Four soldiers of the Nepal Army serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan were injured in a mortar attack by rebel forces, the military said on Wednesday.
The peacekeepers sustained minor injuries when rebels fired four mortar shells at the base of the Nepali Battalion at Bor in South Sudan yesterday, according to a statement issued by the Army Headquarters.
The attack caused minor damage to three trucks, a mine-protective vehicle, a water treatment plant and a kitchen unit, the statement said.The injured soldiers are being treated in the peacekeeping mission’s hospital, the Army Headquarters said.
