Minusma Force

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

Two civilians and a UN peacekeeper were killed today as militants attacked a barrack used by the United Nations' MINUSMA force in northern Mali, it said in a statement.

A peacekeeper and two children died on Sunday as militants shelled a UN base in northern Mali, heightening security fears as police hunted jihadists who launched a deadly Bamako nightclub assault.

Two civilians and a UN peacekeeper were killed today as militants attacked a barrack used by the United Nations' MINUSMA force in northern Mali, it said in a statement.