BAMAKO (Reuters) - Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed and five severely wounded when their convoy was attacked in northern Mali on Thursday, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said, a raid claimed by al Qaeda's North African arm.
MINUSMA said it had ordered reinforcements to the scene of the ambush, about 45 km (30 miles) south of Timbuktu on the road towards the town of Goundam, and had sent attack helicopters to the region where armed Islamist groups have carried out several attacks against peacekeepers.
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