Mali

For the first time, German army patrol in Mali attacked

For the past three years, the German armed forces in the West African state of Mali is in use, soldiers and takes over the work of enlightenment. Now the German soldiers were shot there for the first time.

The attack on a military patrol of the UN Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) took place to the North of Gao during a stop, as the Bundeswehr reported. Injured it was not. Also, vehicles were not damaged. The patrol returned to their base at Camp Castor in the Northern Malian city.

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Again and again attacks

To known the attack no one first. The German armed forces for three years in the West African crisis state. In the framework of the EU training mission, EUTM Mali, she is of native soldiers. As part of the MINUSMA mission, you will be mainly responsible for reconnaissance tasks. The use is considered to be the most dangerous UN Mission in the world.

Until the beginning of June were two attacks on the UN peacekeepers killed in Mali four people. At a stop at the MINUSMA camp in Gao, a Chinese blue helmet soldier was killed. The army camp is only a few kilometres from the site of the attack.

Shortly after, were attacked in another part of the city of Gao UN deminers. In the attack Mission were killed according to the UN-two Malian security guards and an “international expert”. To known two attacks, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), the North African offshoot of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda.

Fight against Islamists

Mali was toppled in an army coup in March 2012, into Chaos. The former colonial power France handle in January 2013 the military to stop the Advance of Islamist militias in the South of the country, where the capital Bamako is located, and the weakened government forces. Later, the French handed over the responsibility to the UN force, MINUSMA. She was always a target of attacks by Islamist insurgents.

cr/sti (afp)