No fewer than three civilians died on Tuesday in
northern Mali when their vehicle hit a landmine, a military source said.
The source said that a second mine explosion also
injured two UN peacekeepers who tried to the rescue the civilians.
Meanwhile, a statement by the UN mission in Mali had
condemned the attack , noting that the incidents occurred in the vicinity of a
UN base at Tessalit in the region of Kidal.
The explosions were the latest violence around
Kidal, a stronghold of the separatist coordination of Azawad Movements,
dominated by ethnic Tuaregs.
It would be recalled that in 2012, separatists
seized northern Mali with support from militants linked to al Qaeda.
In spite of UN intervention, violence in the region
had persisted, with attacks by militia groups and radical Islamists.
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