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The incident occurred at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday when a vehicle from the UN peacekeeping operation Minusma struck a roadside bomb, some 50 kilometers from the northern Mali town of Kidal, Minusma writes in a press release. .
One person died and another soldier was seriously injured.
“Minusma will not be intimidated by these attacks and remains committed to supporting the people and government of Mali in their efforts to create lasting peace in the country,” Chief Mahamat Saleh Annadif said in a press release.
Other circumstances are initially confusing, but these are not Swedish soldiers.
– He’s not Swedish. We refer to Minusma who are the ones who come out with information about this particular event. The measurements that are taken in the focus area is not something we discuss. This is with regard to the safety of our own personnel, says Lukas Linné, communicator for the Swedish Armed Forces.
Sweden has approximately 212 soldiers in the UN-led peacekeeping operation Minusma in Mali, according to the Swedish Armed Forces website. The exact number varies over time.
The main part of the Swedish force is a shooting company located in the city of Gao in the eastern part of the country. There are also Swedish soldiers working with logistics in the capital, Bamako.
