2 UN Peacekeepers Killed in 6th Incident in Mali in 2 Weeks

2 UN Peacekeepers Killed in 6th Incident in Mali in 2 Weeks
Soldiers hold the UN and Malian flags during the ceremony of Peacekeepers' Day at the operating base of MINUSMA in Bamako, Mali, on May 29, 2018. Michele Cattani/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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UNITED NATIONS—Two U.N. peacekeepers were killed Friday when their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali in the sixth incident in less than two weeks targeting the U.N. mission in the West African nation that has faced a decade-long Islamic insurgency.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the device that killed the Egyptian peacekeepers and wounded one other was planted on a road outside the town of Douentza in the Mopti region.