Three UN peacekeepers were wounded when their vehicle hit a land mine near their base in Kidal. A French soldier was killed in northern Mali by an IED on May 7. Sources said that Abu Bakr Al-Nasr, called "the Egyptian," a logistician and heavy weapons specialist who was a top aide to Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was killed by French forces in Mali in early April.
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