<p>Two Indian Army soldiers from Haryana, who were members of the UN Peacekeeping Force, were killed and a third one from West Bengal was injured when a mob from an African rebel group attacked an outpost in South Sudan on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Subedar Dharmesh Sangwan, 33 and Subedar Kumar Pal Singh, 46, were killed when 1,500-2,000 armed men struck at a temporary operational base at Akoba in South Sudan, which is divided on ethnic lines and witnessing a clash between two tribal community for the last few days.<br /><br />Both soldiers are from 8 Rajputana Rifle regiment. While Sangwan is a resident of Chrkhi Dadri in Bhiwani and survived by his wife, 10-year old son and 8-year old daughter, Singh is a resident of Bhondsi (Gurgaon) and survived by his wife.<br /><br />“Mortal remains of Indian soldiers will be flown to its capital Juba by the UN troops and subsequently to India on December 22,” said an Army officer.<br /><br />A third person Naik Sahabul Mandal from Ranaghat in West Bengal was injured. He has been taken to a hospital at Malakal.<br /><br />The violence began when a group of 36 individuals from Dinka tribe sought protection in the temporary base, which was being manned by Indian Battalion-1, a part of the UN Peace Force. Their opponents from Lou Neur community came looking for the Dinkas. The two groups are involved in a number of ethnic clashes and cattle raids in various parts of the world's newest nation.<br /><br />Protection of civilians is a mandated task of the UN force, deployed in violence-ridden nations to maintain peace.<br /><br />Sensing trouble in that area a day back, the battalion sought reinforcement of the temporary post. Even though the base had a strength of one officer, 5 junior commissioned officer and 30 soldiers, the officer and six soldiers took off in a helicopter at 1830 hours to reach the higher ups in the command structure to discuss reinforcement. <br /><br />The unit's BMP armoured vehicle was sent to the helipad to protect the chopper from rebel fire.<br /><br />In the absence of the BMP, the temporary operational base was attacked by a group of 1,500-2,000 people, some of them carrying weapons to target the Dinkas inside the camp.<br /><br />They forcibly entered the camp and fired at the Dinkas. The two Indian soldiers died in the cross fire. The base was out of communication for a long time. At the end, the army base was ransacked and all the Dinkas were dragged out.<br /><br />The civil war in South Sudan is a fall out of attempted coup bid by its former vice president Riek Machar against president Salva Kiir.</p>
<p>Two Indian Army soldiers from Haryana, who were members of the UN Peacekeeping Force, were killed and a third one from West Bengal was injured when a mob from an African rebel group attacked an outpost in South Sudan on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Subedar Dharmesh Sangwan, 33 and Subedar Kumar Pal Singh, 46, were killed when 1,500-2,000 armed men struck at a temporary operational base at Akoba in South Sudan, which is divided on ethnic lines and witnessing a clash between two tribal community for the last few days.<br /><br />Both soldiers are from 8 Rajputana Rifle regiment. While Sangwan is a resident of Chrkhi Dadri in Bhiwani and survived by his wife, 10-year old son and 8-year old daughter, Singh is a resident of Bhondsi (Gurgaon) and survived by his wife.<br /><br />“Mortal remains of Indian soldiers will be flown to its capital Juba by the UN troops and subsequently to India on December 22,” said an Army officer.<br /><br />A third person Naik Sahabul Mandal from Ranaghat in West Bengal was injured. He has been taken to a hospital at Malakal.<br /><br />The violence began when a group of 36 individuals from Dinka tribe sought protection in the temporary base, which was being manned by Indian Battalion-1, a part of the UN Peace Force. Their opponents from Lou Neur community came looking for the Dinkas. The two groups are involved in a number of ethnic clashes and cattle raids in various parts of the world's newest nation.<br /><br />Protection of civilians is a mandated task of the UN force, deployed in violence-ridden nations to maintain peace.<br /><br />Sensing trouble in that area a day back, the battalion sought reinforcement of the temporary post. Even though the base had a strength of one officer, 5 junior commissioned officer and 30 soldiers, the officer and six soldiers took off in a helicopter at 1830 hours to reach the higher ups in the command structure to discuss reinforcement. <br /><br />The unit's BMP armoured vehicle was sent to the helipad to protect the chopper from rebel fire.<br /><br />In the absence of the BMP, the temporary operational base was attacked by a group of 1,500-2,000 people, some of them carrying weapons to target the Dinkas inside the camp.<br /><br />They forcibly entered the camp and fired at the Dinkas. The two Indian soldiers died in the cross fire. The base was out of communication for a long time. At the end, the army base was ransacked and all the Dinkas were dragged out.<br /><br />The civil war in South Sudan is a fall out of attempted coup bid by its former vice president Riek Machar against president Salva Kiir.</p>
