European UN peacekeepers targeted in MINUSMA – Mali

Friday, June 25, 2021

• The UN mission in Mali – MINUSMA – has suffered an attack to one of its temporary bases in a village in Gao. According to the mission spokesperson: – “the UN base in the vicinities of Gao was targeted earlier this morning (friday 25JUN) in an attack involving a vehicle-borne [improvised] explosive device (IED).” Preliminary information indicates that 12 UN peacekeepers from Germany and one from Belgium were wounded, and a casualty evacuation process is underway. The incident follows yesterday’s attack with another IED on another UN patrol in the same area, which did not result in casualties.

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Publicado por Paulo Gonçalves

Retired Colonel from the Portuguese Air Force

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