Bamako, April 21 -- : One UN peacekeeper was killed and four others suffered injuries when an improvised road mine exploded hitting the peacekeeping convoy in the Mopti region of Mali on Saturday morning.
In a statement, the United Nations said that the peacekeeper who lost his life, was an Egyptian. The UN convoy was en route to Douentza from Boni in southern-central Mali.
"The UN Secretary-General expresses his deepest condolences to the family of the victim and to the Government of Egypt. He wishes a speedy recovery to those injured," it said.
UN chief Antonio Guterres, in the statement, that attacks targeting UN peacekeepers may "constitute war crimes under international law" and urged the Malian authorities to take swift action to ...