Ban Ki-moon calls for investigation into Zalingei shooting

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a “full investigation” into the events at Zalingei on Wednesday, which occurred during a visit by the UN envoy Djibril Bassolé. “The secretary general deeply regrets the loss of life and calls for a full investigation to ascertain the facts,” Ban Ki-moon’s spokesman said in a statement.

Djibril Bassole, the UN-African Union joint mediators of the Darfur conflict, and Qatari state minister Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud left the University of Zalingei before the shooting started. Three men were killed by the police bullets.