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2 UN peacekeepers killed in 6th incident in Mali in two weeks
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05 June 2022
NEW YORK, 05 June 2022, (TON): Two UN peacekeepers were killed when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the UN mission in the West African nation that has faced a decade-long Islamic insurgency.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said “he device that killed the Egyptian peacekeepers and wounded one other was planted on a road outside the town of Douentza in the Mopti region.”
He said “their APC was escorting a civilian convoy and was on its way from Douentza to Timbuktu when it hit the device.”
Dujarric said “the intent is to disrupt the lives of the Malian people, to disrupt transport, to disrupt security.”
“These roads are used by civilians, civilian trucks, civilian buses, but also by the security forces, whether it’s the Malian army or UN peacekeepers have been victims over and over again of improvised explosive devices.”
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