BAMAKO: Officials said on Friday that two police officers including a woman working with United Nations (UN) MINUSMA mission were killed and four others injured in Timbuktu area of Mali.
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MINUSMA mission in Mali confirmed the incident and issued a statement via tweeter in this regard. It said that the incident happened when a UN police patrol party was attacked on Friday. It strongly condemned the attack and said that one injured was in critical condition and shifted to hospital.
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Mali has been facing the issue of insurgency since 2012 as thousands of people have been killed while hundreds of thousands have left their homes.
