Dushanbe, 13.02.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). — The UN Security Council on Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” the deadly terrorist attack earlier in the day on a UN mission camp in Mali.

According to Xinhua News Agency, six peacekeepers from Guinea were killed and many others injured in the complex assault, which targeted the camp of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the northern town of Kidal.

“The members of the Security Council called on the government of Mali to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to justice and stressed that those responsible for the attack should be held accountable”, — the council said in a statement.

The 15-member body underlined that “attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law”.

It reaffirmed that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.

Earlier Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly attack, underscoring that attacks targeting UN peacekeepers constitute war crimes under international law, and calling for the perpetrators of the attack to be brought to justice.