Three UN peacekeepers wounded in northern Mali attack

Base housing Malian, French and UN troops in Tessalit was targeted, says the UN peacekeeping mission in the country.

Three United Nations peacekeepers have been seriously wounded in a rocket attack on a military base in northern Mali, UN and local officials said. Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country, MINUSMA, said Sunday’s attack took place on a base in Tessalit, which houses Malian soldiers, UN peacekeepers and French troops, AFP news agency reported. Three peacekeepers were “gravely wounded” in the attack, he added.