Fourth UN peacekeeper dies after Mali roadside bomb attack

A fourth United Nations soldier has died from injuries from a highway bomb in northern Mali, a day after the blast claimed the lives of three of his comrades, a spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission said Tuesday.

Their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) during a search for mines in Tessalit, in the deeply troubled Kidal region.

Two other peacekeepers were seriously injured, the MINUSMA mission said.