Gunmen killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an
attack Sunday on one of their bases in northern Mali, a source close to the
MINUSMA force said.
“According to a new toll, still provisional, at least eight
peacekeepers have been killed,” the source said.
The attack happened early Sunday at the Aguelhok base 200
kilometres (125 miles) north of Kidal and towards the border with Algeria, the
source added.
A Malian security source spoke of at least six killed and 19
wounded, while a diplomat in northern Mali told AFP that several of the
attackers were also killed.
An attack at the same base last April killed two
peacekeepers and left several others wounded.
More than 13,000 peacekeepers are deployed in Mali as part
of a UN mission that was established after Islamist militias seized northern
Mali in 2012. They were pushed backed by French troops in 2013.
A peace agreement signed in 2015 by the Bamako government
and armed groups was aimed at restoring stability to Mali following a brief
Islamist takeover in the north.
But the accord has failed to stop violence by Islamist
militants, who have also staged attacks in Burkina Faso and Niger.
Earlier this month, both France and the United States
criticised the authorities in Mali for their failure to stem the worsening
violence.
(AFP.)
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