IED event in Mopti, Mopti area, Mali on Mon 7th March 2022

Two peacekeepers of the United Nations mission (Minusma) in Mali were killed on Monday 7 March near Mopti (central Mali), and four others injured, by an improvised explosive device, according to the spokesperson for the UN mission. "This morning, a (Minusma) logistics convoy hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti. According to a first assessment, the explosion caused the death of two peacekeepers, four others were injured," wrote in a tweet the spokesman for the Minusma Olivier Salgado. The nationality of the victims had not been specified by the UN on Monday. But according to a security source, they are Egyptian soldiers. The head of the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), El-Ghassim Wane, "strongly condemned this attack" in a statement on Monday, calling on the "Malian authorities to spare no effort to identify the perpetrators of these attacks".