One soldier was announced dead on Tuesday after the vehicle struck
an explosive device during a patrol in the restive north of the country.
A French
soldier stands guard in an armoured vehicle , about 60 km (37 miles)
south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali March 21, 2013
Two French soldiers have died in Mali after their heavy armoured vehicle hit a land mine, taking the number of people killed in the incident to three, French President Francois Hollande's office said on Wednesday.
One
soldier was announced dead on Tuesday after the vehicle struck an
explosive device during a patrol in the restive north of the country.
The
latest deaths take the French army casualty toll to 17 since Paris
intervened in its former colony in January 2013 to oust Islamist
militants.
It underlines persistent insecurity in the region a month after al Qaeda's
African arm claimed responsibility for an attack on a luxury beach
hotel in Ivory Coast in retaliation for French military operations in
West Africa.
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