March 2015 Kidal attack

March 2015 Kidal attack
Part of Northern Mali conflict
LocationMali
Date8 March 2015 (2015-03-08)
Deaths3
Injured14

More than 30 rockets and shells struck a MINUSMA base in Kidal, northern Mali, early on 8 March 2015. One United Nations peacekeeper from Chad was killed, as were two Malian children killed when a shell fell on a nearby camp of Tuareg and Arab nomads, according to the UN.[1] Eleven more peacekeepers and three more civilians were reportedly injured.[2] The rockets and shells were apparently launched from both the north and the south of the base.[3] It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, but Islamist militants active in the area[4] or Tuareg separatists[5] were suspected.

  1. ^ "At least three killed in north Mali rocket attack: U.N". Reuters. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Attack in northeastern Mali that killed UN peacekeeper strongly condemned by Ban, Council". United Nations News Centre. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "UN peacekeeper killed in attack in Mali's Kidal". Al Jazeera. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Rocket attack hits Kidal UN base in northern Mali". BBC News. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Attack on UN Mali barracks kills soldier and two civilians". The Guardian. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.