In Mali, the attack on the UN compound killed three peacekeepers. About it reports Reuters.
The dead were soldiers of the army of Guinea. The circumstances of the incident are not reported: it is only known that on Thursday, 8 June, the base was subjected to mortar shelling, injuring five people. The next day at the gate of a fortified camp was shot by the patrol.
Over the past few months the victims of attacks by militants in Mali were more than 100 peacekeepers. As a rule, they attack the living in the desert tribes, among whom the strong influence of “al-Qaeda”.
In January 2017, the terrorists attacked a military base in the city of Gao in Northern Mali, killing 77 people. Responsibility for the attack claimed by the group “al-Murabitun” associated with “al-Qaeda” (banned in Russia).