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Mali Suicide Bomber Dies in Failed Attack on Swedish Peacekeepers
 [AnNahar] A jacket wallah was killed during an attempted attack on Swedish peacekeepers serving with the U.N.'s Mali mission in the central city of Timbuktu, Swedish and U.N. sources told AFP Tuesday.Weapon in the foto: Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustav M/45 and the 'Swedish K' The U.N.'s MINUSMA mission was deployed to Mali in July 2013, with around 12,000 international police and military personnel attempting to secure lawless swathes of the vast Sahel nation. "On Monday evening a Swedish patrol on assignment in Timbuktu city was attacked by a suicide bomber," a Swedish armed forces statement said. "The soldiers were on a routine mission and were approached by an unidentified man who shortly thereafter detonated an explosive he was wearing on his body. The perpetrator died in connection with the attack," it added. The interim head of the Swedish force in Timbuktu, Major Kristian Sandahl, confirmed no Swedes were maimed during the incident. Conflicting reports issued earlier Tuesday suggested that Swedish forces had neutralized the attacker. "A suicide kaboomer attempting to commit a terrorist act was neutralized," a source within the MINUSMA mission told AFP, requesting anonymity as the U.N. has yet to formally comment on the incident. There are 209 Swedish military personnel and nine police serving with the Mali mission, according to the most recent U.N. figures from August. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-12 |
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