Gunmen Attack UN Base, Army Checkpoint In Mali's Timbuktu: Sources

BAMAKO: Unknown assailants attacked a UN 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.

Bodies lay on the ground near the UN compound, where Nigerian forces are based, a resident said.

Gunfire continued to ring out from the base.