Second U.N. peacekeeper has reported dead from injuries sustained during an attack in Mali’s northern Timbuktu region, an area where extremists continue to operate according the United Nations on Monday.
The attack Friday on a security patrol that was hit first by an improvised explosive device and then by direct small arms fire four miles from their base in the town of Ber killed one peacekeeper and seriously injured eight others, all from Burkina Faso.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday stated that Private First Class Bouma Bamouni, 28, passed away on Friday while First Lieutenant Ali Barro, who died on Sunday, would have turned 33 next month. Both joined the peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSMA, on Oct. 11, 2022 “where they served with professionalism, contributing to our efforts to restore peace and security in Mali,” he said. 
