Peacekeeper Killed By Roadside Bomb In Northeast

October 07 2019

Mali

At least one peacekeeper has been killed and five others wounded after a roadside bombing in northeastern Mali, reports Agence France-Presse. 

The peacekeepers were patrolling near Aguelhok in the Kidal region on Sunday when their vehicle hit the improvised explosive device (IED), said a spokesman for the U.N. Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). 

A Rapid Response Force and air reinforcements were dispatched in response, reported the Defense Post. ...

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