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1st LD: UN chief slams deadly attacks on peacekeepers in north Mali

Xinhua, November 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned a deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers in north Mali earlier in the day, stressing "the urgent need to bring the perpetrators of this attack to justice."

"The secretary-general is outraged by the deadly attack against a camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Kidal that claimed the lives of two United Nations peacekeepers and one civilian contractor," said a statement issued here by Ban's spokesman.

Twenty peacekeepers and civilian personnel were injured, including four seriously, the statement noted. "MINUSMA has taken immediate steps to assist the wounded and continues to strengthen the safety and security of its personnel."

Earlier Saturday, the UN Security Council, in a separate statement, "condemned in the strongest terms" the attack and called on "the government of Mali to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice and stressed that those responsible for the attack should be held accountable." Enditem