BEIJING, July 14 -- Three UN peacekeepers from China injured on Sunday during violence in South Sudan have been airlifted to a UN hospital in Kampala, capital of Uganda,the Ministry of National Defense announced Thursday.
Of the two other Chinese peacekeeper injured in the attack, one has made a full recovery and the other remains in a UN hospital in South Sudan, the ministry said.
The ministry also confirmed that the Corporal Li Lei, 22, and Master Sergeant Yang Shupeng, 33, were killed in the incident.
On Sunday evening local time, a mortal shell hit the armored vehicle carrying the peacekeepers as the fighting between government and anti-government forces continued in Juba, capital of South Sudan.
Also on Thursday afternoon, Chinese military sent a specialist medical rescue plane from Beijing to transport the injured peacekeeper, according to the ministry.
A team dispatched by Chinese military to handle the matter also arrived in Uganda on Thursday noon, the ministry said.
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