A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed on Friday when a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government said.

A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote part of South Sudan was attacked

One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces were killed during an evacuation exercise in the north of the country.

One crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) said. It added that an injured South Sudanese general and several other

A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese troops came under fire in the northern town of Nasir on Friday, the U.N. mission there said, resulting in the death of a crew member and several soldiers including a general.