BAMAKO – Unknown assailants attacked a U.N. peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mali’s northern city of Timbuktu early on Friday, residents and military sources said.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
Bodies lay on the ground near the U.N. compound, where Nigerian forces are based, a resident said. Gunfire continued to ring out from the base. (Reuters)