A peacekeeper killed and another wounded in attack against UN vehicle in Bamako

Bamako – Unidentified assailants attacked on the night of Monday to Tuesday in Bamako a vehicle of the United Nations Mission for Stabilization of Mali (MINUSMA), killing a Bangladeshi peacekeeper and wounding Another, according to several sources.

“Armed men that we have not yet identified shot in the night of Monday two peacekeepers who were on board a UN vehicle. One of them was killed and the other seriously injured “said a Malian security source quoted by the media.

A security source in the MINUSMA confirmed the attack, saying that the two peacekeepers were from Bamako airport to the south of the city when they came under fire at the assailants aboard a vehicle . This new attack comes one week after having referred a UN residence in Bamako. During this attack, an armed man had tried to burn a United Nations vehicle parked in front of a personal residence of MINUSMA, injuring a guard and causing property damage. The MINUSMA was deployed in July 2013 in Mali after international intervention led by France in January of the same year to hunt jihadist groups occupying the north.

Although the jihadists have been scattered and largely driven from the area, even entire areas are beyond the control of the Malian authorities