UN Base Attack In Mali: Suspected Islamic Militants Kill 3 Peacekeepers, Injure Dozens

Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed and 30 others injured in an attack on their base by suspected Islamic militants in the northern Malian town of Kidal Friday. The attack took place following a suicide car bomb blast and involved gunfire and mortar rounds, Radouane Ag Mohamed Aly, a spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), told Reuters.