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There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack, but Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have staged regular attacks on UN peacekeepers and soldiers.
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There have been no claims of responsibility for the attack, but Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have staged regular attacks on UN peacekeepers and soldiers. One of the 28 UN peacekeepers wounded in an attack on a temporary United Nations base in central Mali has died from his injuries, the United Nations announced Friday. Mali remains the deadliest of the UN s 12 far-flung peacekeeping missions and the peacekeeper from Togo was the sixth killed just since January in hostile acts in which 46 peacekeepers were also injured.
UN chief condemns attack against peacekeeping mission in Mali ANI | Updated: Feb 13, 2021 22:41 IST
New York [US], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned an attack against the peacekeeping mission in Mali, the MINUSMA.
Through a statement attributable to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief condemned, the complex attack by unidentified armed elements against a temporary operating base of the United Nations Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali in Kerena, Douentza region. The attack, which took place on Feb. 10, resulted in the wounding of 27 Togolese peacekeepers, and the death of one peacekeeper. The secretary-general expresses his deep condolences to the family of the victim, and to the people and Government of Togo. He wishes a full recovery to those injured, said the statement.
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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).