UN: Gunmen attack 2 UN peacekeeping sites in Mali, 2 killed

The United Nations says unidentified gunmen have attacked two UN peacekeeping sites in Mali, killing one Malian soldier and one UN peacekeeper.

UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN camp in Douentza in the Mopti region of central Mali came under attack today morning. He said in addition to the two soldiers, two gunmen were killed when UN peacekeepers fired back.

Haq said the UN joins the peacekeeping mission's condemnation of the attack.

He said armed men launched an attack today afternoon against the UN peacekeeping mission's headquarters in Timbuktu city in northern Mali. He said the mission dispatched a quick reaction force and helicopters to the scene "and sporadic gunfire is still ongoing."

The peacekeeping mission in Mali is the deadliest of the UN's 16 global peacekeeping operations.

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