Bangalore: Indian peacekeepers suffered the second highest number of casualties in 2013 as working for the United Nations became more hazardous, with increased deliberate attacks on its personnel.
According to the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the United Nations Staff Union, 33 peacekeepers and 25 civilians and associated personnel were killed in 2013.
Of the 33 peacekeepers killed in the line of duty, seven were Indian soldiers who died in South Sudan. In the first attack, 32 Indian peacekeepers with United Nations Mission in South Sudan were escorting a UN convoy when they were ambushed on April 9 by about 200 attackers near Jonglei state.
Five Indian peacekeepers -- Mahipal Singh, Shiv Kumar Pal, Heera Lal, Bharat Sasmal and Nand Joshi -- were killed in the attack. Indian peacekeepers came again under attack in South Sudan in December last year.
Two UNMISS Indian Battalion troops, Subedar K P Singh and Subedar Dharmesh Sangwan, were killed in action and one was injured on December 19 in Akobo, South Sudan, following an assault on a UNMISS base.
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