Three peacekeepers killed in attack on UN Mali base

At least three peacekeepers have been killed in an attack on a UN mission in northern Mali, the UN has said

A spokesman for the separatist Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) told Reuters news agency that he thinks the attack in Kidal was carried out by Islamist militants.

Radouane Ag Mohamed Aly added that it is thought the attack involved a car bomb.

The UN mission, Minusma, is in Mali to in the wake of a takeover of the north by Islamists in 2012.