Mali: rocket attack on Kidal UN base kills 3, injures 20
- 8 years ago
The United Nations says at least two of its personnel and one civilian have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern Mali.
No person or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Unidentified gunmen stormed the Kidal base at around 4am local time. Shortly after the attack, Olivier Salgado, a spokesman for MINUSMA (Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali), the UN force working to stabilise Mali, said:
“We have three dead and four seriously injured.”
Three dead in rocket attack on UN base in #north#Mali #Kidal #UnitedNations https://t.co/qSgTeQNiN5 pic.twitter.com/1lLa1N4X00— United Nations News (@UNolizer) November 28, 2015
Salgado did not give the nationalities of those who died, although another UN source told Reuters two of the victims were peacekeepers from Guinea.
A total of 20 people are believed to have sustained injuries.
French troops and the MINUSMA force are on the ground and have been working for yea
No person or group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Unidentified gunmen stormed the Kidal base at around 4am local time. Shortly after the attack, Olivier Salgado, a spokesman for MINUSMA (Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali), the UN force working to stabilise Mali, said:
“We have three dead and four seriously injured.”
Three dead in rocket attack on UN base in #north#Mali #Kidal #UnitedNations https://t.co/qSgTeQNiN5 pic.twitter.com/1lLa1N4X00— United Nations News (@UNolizer) November 28, 2015
Salgado did not give the nationalities of those who died, although another UN source told Reuters two of the victims were peacekeepers from Guinea.
A total of 20 people are believed to have sustained injuries.
French troops and the MINUSMA force are on the ground and have been working for yea