U.N. troops fired warning shots to protect South Sudan compound

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. peacekeepers fired warning shots to deter fighters from a United Nations base in South Sudan after gunfire reached the compound, wounding dozens and killing at least one civilian seeking refuge there, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday at the U.N. peacekeeping base in Malakal, a major transit point and administrative centre of oil-producing Upper Nile State, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters.