United Nations, Jumada II 24, 1433, May 15, 2012, SPA -A crowd surrounded a United Nations peacekeeping unit in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Monday and opened fire, wounding seven Pakistani peacekeepers, U.N. officials and diplomats said. Other peacekeepers in the contingent were hurt by stones thrown by the 1,000-strong crowd around the base in the Bunyiakiri district of South Kivu province, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said. The peacekeepers were Pakistanis, according to diplomatic sources, AFP reported. Pakistan asked the U.N. Security Council to hold a meeting on the attack and make a condemnation, diplomats said, according to AFP. “The mission is monitoring the situation and has sent reinforcements to the area, which is now reportedly calm but tense,” the U.N. spokesman said. --SPA 11:22 LOCAL TIME 08:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/998326