2021-02-11 23:30:34 GMT2021-02-12 07:30:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BAMAKO, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 28 Togolese peacekeepers were injured, including five seriously, in an attack on Wednesday targeting the temporary base of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in central Mali, MINUSMA's spokesperson Olivier Salgado confirmed Thursday.
The attack was carried out by unidentified armed men, Salgado said, adding that it was a vehicular suicide that exploded with its driver on board near the temporary base.
According to him, the main objective of the presence of the temporary base was to contribute to reducing violence against the populations, restoring calm in the regions where community tensions were high, and neutralizing the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).