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Four U.N. peacekeepers killed in explosion in northern Mali - sources


    BAMAKO (Reuters) - As many as four United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an explosion in the northern Malian town of Aguelhoc on Wednesday, U.N. and diplomatic sources said.

    Two sources said that four Chadian U.N. peacekeepers had been killed. Another official said some of the dead included Malian troops deployed in the remote northern town.

    There was no immediate comment from the U.N. mission.

    (Reporting by Joe Penney; Additional reporting and writing by David Lewis; Editing by Hugh Lawson)