Al-Qaeda group in Mali on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 10 Chadian UN peacekeepers and injured 25.
The Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen group launched the attack to retaliate Chadian President Idriss Deby’s resumption of diplomatic links with Israel, the group said in statement.
The attack occurred Sunday morning in Aguelhok in Kidal region, killing 10 peacekeepers.
The Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” the deadly attack on the UN base in Mali.
The council members called on the Malian government to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice.
They also expressed concern about the security situation in Mali and the transnational dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region.(UNI)