BAMAKO (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed three Guinean members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Mali in what the force described as a robbery gone wrong, far from the northern area where troops have been attacked by insurgents.
The peacekeepers were in a rental vehicle on their way to return to Guinea for leave when they were stopped 44 kilometres (27 miles) southwest of Bamako on Friday night, the mission, known as MINUSMA, said.
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