(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Soldiers and gendarmes on Saturday ended a siege in a northern Mali trading hub that killed at least 12 people, includingfive UN employees, while four other UN workers were rescued.
A UN spokeswoman, who preferred to remain anonymous, told dpa the
dead included five of the attackers that launched the siege and four
foreigners.
Five UN employees were among the dead, including a Malian driver, one
Nepalese citizen, one South African and two Ukrainians, the UN
mission said later in a statement.
The UN workers rescued were two South Africans, a Ukrainian and a
Russian citizen who managed to hide for the duration of the nearly
24-hour siege that began on Friday in Sevare, located about 600
kilometres north-east of the capital Bamako, the official said.
The men were pilots and engineers contracted by the UN peacekeeping
mission in Mali, she said.
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