UNITED NATIONS: A fierce assault on a U.N. peacekeeping base in northern Mali final week killed 4 peacekeepers and a minimum of 23 attackers, and injured one other 34 peacekeepers, the United Nations stated Monday in an up to date report.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric reiterated Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salute on Friday to the bravery of Chadian peacekeepers who defended their camp in Aguelhok within the Kidal area, and his tribute to the 4 Chadians who misplaced their lives within the assault.
Dujarric stated in response to a query in regards to the variety of attackers who died that the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali reported about 23 our bodies have been left behind in addition to gear, together with a number of fight automobiles. He additionally reported a rise within the variety of peacekeepers injured from 19 to 34.
Mali has been attempting to include an Islamic extremist insurgency since 2012.
Islamic extremist rebels have been pressured from energy in Malis northern cities with the assistance of a 2013 French-led navy operation. However, the insurgents rapidly regrouped within the desert and commenced launching frequent assaults on the Malian military and its allies preventing the insurgency.
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The extremists have expanded their attain properly into central Mali, the place their presence has infected tensions between ethnic teams within the space.
Guterres reiterated Friday that assaults concentrating on peacekeepers could represent struggle crimes beneath worldwide legislation and that sanctions will be utilized in opposition to these accountable, Dujarric stated.
The U.N. chief known as on Malian authorities to spare no effort in figuring out and promptly holding to account the perpetrators of this heinous assault and reiterated U.N. assist to the federal government and other people of their quest for peace, the spokesman stated.
The U.N. Security Council is holding a beforehand scheduled assembly on Mali on Tuesday the place U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix is scheduled to transient members.
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