According to
the UN, on Monday, a total of eight people were killed in two separate attacks
on the United Nations mission in Mali.
Seven people
were killed when armed men attacked the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) headquarters in Timbuktu on
Monday, according to a MINUSMA statement. Five MINUSMA security guards, one
member of the Mali National Police and one civilian contractor working for
MINUSMA were killed during the attack.
A Malian
security guard and six peacekeepers were also wounded in the incident. MINUSMA
says they "responded immediately by deploying a rapid reaction force to
secure the Mission's headquarters and attack helicopters to track down
potential attackers."
No claims of responsibility have been made,
and no concrete link between the two attacks has been established yet.
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