The attack on Saturday hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement.
Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are Bangladeshi nationals, serving in the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
“I strongly condemn the horrific drone attacks that targeted the United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan,” Guterres said in a statement, Al Jazeera reported.
“Attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” he added. “Attacks as the one today in South Kordofan against peacekeepers are unjustifiable. There will need to be accountability.”
The Sudanese army blamed the attack on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. The army and the RSF have been engaged in a civil war for more than two years.
There was no immediate comment from the RSF.
The attack “clearly reveals the subversive approach of the rebel militia and those behind it”, the Sudanese army said in a statement. The military posted a video on social media showing plumes of dense black smoke over what it said was the UN facility.
Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, in a statement, said he was “deeply saddened” by the attack, and put the toll at six dead and eight wounded.
He asked the UN to ensure that his country’s personnel were offered “any necessary emergency support”.
Guterres also called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan to allow “a comprehensive, inclusive and Sudanese-owned political process” to settle the conflict.
Sudan was plunged into chaos in April 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the RSF exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere in the country. The conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, though rights groups consider the figure a significant undercount.
MNA
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