11 Peacekeepers Die In Pair Of Attacks

February 25 2019

Mali

Eight U.N. peacekeepers have been killed in an attack in northern Mali, reports Agence France-Presse. 

On Sunday, gunmen in several vehicles attacked the Aguelhok base, 125 miles (200 km) north of Kidal, a source from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) told the agency. 

Peacekeepers responded, killing unknown number of attackers, said the source. 

This was the second deadly attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Mali in two days.

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