Sri Lankan Peacekeepers struck by IED in Mali
Sri Lankan peacekeepers training in convoy protection duties with WMZ551 APCs before deployment to Mali. (Pic by SLA) Sri Lankan Peacekeepers struck by IED in Mali By Asiri Fernando Eight Sri Lankan Peacekeepers injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Mail, Africa last Sunday (13 June) have been discharged from hospital, the Sri Lanka Army said yesterday (16 June). According to the Military Spokesman Brig Nilantha Premaratne, non of the eight injured peacekeepers rushed to a hospital in Timbuktu for a medical check-up were seriously hurt and have been discharged. The blue helmets, part of the 2nd Combat Convoy Company (CCC) deployed to the East African country were injured when a roadside IED struck their wheeled armoured personnel carrier (WMZ551) near the small town of Hombori, in the Mopti region on Sunday afternoon. After the injured were dispatched to the hospital the rest of the peacekeepers had repaired the damaged vehicle and continued to escor...