The spokesperson for the United Nations mission in Mali says an
attack on a UN base in the country's northern Kidal area has killed at
least three people and injured 20.
Olivier Salgado said on
Saturday that attackers fired rockets into the peacekeeping base early
in the morning, killing two UN peacekeepers and a mission contractor. He
said that four of those wounded were in serious
condition. He did not
have further details.
The attack comes after Malian authorities
arrested two men over last week's attack on a luxury hotel in the
capital, Bamako, that killed 20 people. There are competing claims of
responsibility for that attack by extremist groups.
In 2013, the
French pushed Islamic extremists out of northern cities though they
continue to carry out attacks on UN peacekeepers.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Rocket attack on UN base in Mali
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