US EditionOne UN peacekeeper killed and four seriously wounded in Mali attack
- A UN peacekeeper was killed during a patrol in northern Mali on Friday, with four others injured in a complex attack by unknown assailants.
- The region has been regularly struck by violence carried out by Islamist groups with links to al-Qaida and the Islamic State.
- This incident adds to the fragility of the UN's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, which has lost 303 personnel in hostile acts since its inception in 2013.
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UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in northern Mali attack
UNITED NATIONS: Attackers killed one UN peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others Friday in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were part of a security patrol that was targeted first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct fire in the town of Ber, UN spokesman Stephane
UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in northern Mali attack
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Attackers killed one U.N. peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others Friday in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers, all from Burkina Faso, were part of a security patrol that was targeted first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct small arms fire seven kilometers (four miles) from their base in the town of Ber, U.N. spok…
UN peacekeeper killed, 8 seriously injured in northern Mali attack
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says attackers killed one U.N. peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate. The peacekeepers were part of a security patrol that was targeted Friday first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct fire 7 kilometers from the town of Ber, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. He said the United Nations joins the …
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