Four peacekeepers with the UN mission in northern Mali (Minusma) were killed when their convoy struck a land mine on Tuesday.
“The toll is four dead and 15 wounded, including six very seriously,” Olivier Salgado, spokesperson for Minusma told Reuters.
“This is only a provisional toll because we do not know what will happen with six of the very seriously wounded.”
The soldiers were from Chad, according to a U.N. official who asked to remain anonymous.
Minusma has been in Mali, after France intervened last year to dislodge militants who had taken control of huge swathes of land in the north of the country.
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack (17 August 2014)
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