UN peacekeeper killed, 8 wounded in north Mali attack
BAMAKO- Attacks targeting a camp in northern Mali operated by the United Nations peacekeeping mission on Monday killed one soldier from Chad and wounded eight others, UN officials said.
Olivier Salgado, spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, said Monday that after a mortar attack on the camp in Aguelhok, in the northern Kidal region around 2:00pm two vehicles hit improvised explosive devices.
According to preliminary information, four different attacks targeted UN personnel at the camp in Aguelhok, according to a statement released by the secretary-general's spokesman. It said a peacekeeper from Chad was killed and eight others injured.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
