MALI: Attacks on Peacekeepers in Mali Continue

Three people have been killed in two separate attacks on U.N. bases in Mali since Tuesday.

FILE - A vehicle with United Nations peacekeepers is seen in Kidal, Mali.

One peacekeeper was killed in rocket fire late Tuesday that left at least ten others wounded at the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Gao known as MINUSMA.

A second attack Wednesday morning on the U.N. antimining operation (UNMAS) in a different neighborhood of Gao left at least three dead, one of which China has said was a Chinese peacekeeper.

Just Sunday, five members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali were killed and another injured in an ambush attack. A similar ambush Friday killed five Malian soldiers and wounded four more when their vehicle hit a mine in the north and they were then shot at by unknown assailants.

After Wednesday's attack, the number of U.N. peacekeepers killed while on active service in Mali rose to at least 66, making it the most dangerous active deployment for the U.N. in the world.

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