The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the attack which led to the deaths of two peacekeepers from Sri Lanka and injured six others in Mali on Friday.
The Secretary-General strongly condemned the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack against a MINUSMA convoy near Douentza, Mopti region, on Friday morning.
Sri Lanka Army said the attack on the WMZ and the convoy which was returning after a mission killed a Sri Lankan Army Captain and a Corporal and injured three more Sri Lankan soldiers.
The Secretary-General expressed “his deep condolences to the Government of Sri Lanka and the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to those injured.
The Secretary-General recalled that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law and called on the Malian authorities to spare no effort in identifying the perpetrators of this attack, so that they can be brought to justice as swiftly as possible.
