An al-Qaeda affiliated militant group, on Saturday, claimed responsibility for a suicide raid on UN peacekeepers in Northern Mali, reports Reuters.
In an audio recording obtain by a Mauritanian news source, a former al-Qaeda fighter, Mokhtar Bemokhtar, said,
“We, the Mourabitoun group, announce the martyrdom operation that one of our knights, Ibrahim al-Ansari, undertook at the headquarters of the Nigerian forces.”
The attacks resulted in the deaths of at least three civilians and injuries of nine UN peacekeepers.
Over 10,000 personnel have been deployed in Mali, which saw the North seized by al-Qaeda militants.
In an audio recording obtain by a Mauritanian news source, a former al-Qaeda fighter, Mokhtar Bemokhtar, said,
“We, the Mourabitoun group, announce the martyrdom operation that one of our knights, Ibrahim al-Ansari, undertook at the headquarters of the Nigerian forces.”
The attacks resulted in the deaths of at least three civilians and injuries of nine UN peacekeepers.
Over 10,000 personnel have been deployed in Mali, which saw the North seized by al-Qaeda militants.