Car Bomb Wounds Three Troops At French, UN Army Base In Mali
Muhammad Irfan Published July 23, 2019 | 08:00 AM
Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jul, 2019 ) :Three French and Estonian troops were wounded on Monday when a car bomb exploded at the entrance to an international peace-keeping base in the Malian town of Gao, France's military said.
"There was an attack... at the entrance to the French part of the camp in Gao," French military spokesman Colonel Frederic Barbry told AFP.
"There was no incursion into the base." He said the soldiers' injuries were not life-threatening but did not give a breakdown of the casualties.
A Malian security source told AFP that there were at least three suicide bombers in the car, which had been painted in the colours of UN vehicles.
Several people were also injured in the neighbouring Malian camp, including two children, the source added.
Around 50 Estonian troops provide protection and security patrols for the Gao camp, which is the main base for the French Operation Barkhane.
A year ago, French soldiers on patrol were targeted in Gao by a car bomb attack, which left four dead and around 20 civilians wounded.
Around 4,000 French troops are deployed under Operation Barkhane alongside the United Nations 12,000-strong MINUSMA peacekeeping operation in Mali.
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