One U.N. peacekeeper was killed and four more were severely wounded when their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Saturday, the U.N. force in Mali said.
The bloodshed near the town of Tessalit followed the killing of five Malian gendarmes in an ambush on a mining convoy in southern Mali earlier this week that was claimed by a group linked to al-Qaida.
Armed attacks by Islamist militants and other groups are common across vast swaths of Mali and its neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger despite a heavy presence of international troops. Thousands of civilians have been killed and millions displaced.
Un Casque bleu décède à #Tessalit suite à l’explosion d’un IED – 4 autres grièvement blessés. #Mali Communiqué 👇 pic.twitter.com/j6Wbyf2mI5
— MINUSMA (@UN_MINUSMA) October 2, 2021
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Source: VOA