United Nations: Four UN peacekeepers, all from the Philippines, were abducted on the Golan Heights on Tuesday by an armed group believed to be the same one to have abducted 21 Filipino peacekeepers two months ago, the United Nations said. The abduction took place "near Position 86", a UN spokeswoman told Xinhua. "Efforts to secure their release are underway."
This is the second abduction of UN peacekeepers on the Golan Heights over the past two months. In March, 21 Filipino peacekeepers from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) were abducted but later released. UNDOF, deployed in the Golan Heights since 1974, has about 1, 000 troops and civilian staff, who are from such countries as Austria, India, the Philippines, Morocco and Moldova.
"We can confirm that four peacekeepers from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) were detained today by an unidentified armed group while they were patrolling in the area of separation close to Position 86, near Al Jamla," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said later at a daily news briefing here.
"The four are from the Philippine battalion. Efforts are underway to secure their release." UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "strongly condemns the detention" and calls for their immediate release, Nesirky said....
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