New York (UNA-OIC) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned in the strongest terms the deadly attack on Friday against peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
According to UN News, four peacekeepers from Chad were killed and 19 others wounded, when armed elements launched a complex attack against the Mission’s camp in Aguelhok, located in the Kidal region in the northeast of Mali.
“The Secretary-General recalls that attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law and that sanctions can be applied against those responsible,” UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement.
The UN chief called on the Malian authorities to spare no effort in identifying and promptly holding to account the perpetrators of this heinous attack, the statement added.
