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UN Peacekeeper Killed in Mali Attack

by VOA News

   A U.N. Peacekeeper is dead and several others injured in northeastern
   Mali after a mortar attack hit their camp near the Algerian border.

   In a statement, the U.N. said its installations in Aguelhok were
   targeted in four different attacks Monday, which killed one Chadian
   peacekeeper and wounded eight others

   U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for swift action against
   those responsible for the attacks, which he said constitute war crimes
   under international law.

   No group has yet to claim responsibility for the attack.

   The part of northern Mali where the attack occurred was overtaken by
   jihadists in 2012. A 2013 French intervention drove the Islamic
   militants from a large portion of northern Mali, but they still control
   some areas.

   Attacks by al-Qaida linked groups are still common, and so far this
   year 32 UN peacekeepers have been killed in Mali.