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A former Darfur rebel group said on Tuesday it captured three gunmen who killed five Rwandan peacekeepers in attacks in the restive province last week. The gunmen were arrested east of Shangal Tobaya, a refugee camp in north Darfur, said Dhulnun Suleiman, a spokesperson with Minni Minawi's Sudan Liberation Army, which has signed an accord with the Khartoum government. "The day before yesterday, our forces arrested three gunmen who had fired at the UNAMID force," he told Agence France-Presse referring to the joint United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur. Gunmen opened fire on Rwandan peacekeepers who were distributing water at the entrance of a refugee camps on Saturday, killing two soldiers, a day after three Rwandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack near their base. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the Khartoum government to ensure the gunmen "be identified and brought to justice". The death of the five peacekeepers was the highest single toll over a 24-hour period since an ambush in the Umm Hakibah area of Shangil Tobaya in July 2008 cost the lives of seven peacekeepers. Twenty-two UNAMID peacekeepers have been killed since the mission's launch in 2004. Suleiman said the gunmen were being questioned and before being handed over to Sudanese authorities in the presence of UNAMID officials. UNAMID could not be contacted immediately for comment. The UN says up to 300 000 people have died from the combined effects of war, famine and disease and more than 2,7-million fled their homes since a conflict erupted in Darfur in 2003 pitting separatist rebels against Khartoum.  CONTINUES BELOW The government says 10 000 people have been killed. Clashes have eased but insecurity has degenerated, with a spate of kidnappings of foreign aid workers since the International Criminal Court indicted President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur last March. Launched in January 2008, UNAMID is the UN's largest mission, with 26 000 troops and police officers expected when full deployment is complete. It now has more than 18 000 personnel on the ground. -- AFP TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE
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