Tribute

(B2) Along the take-off runway of Modibo Keïta airport in Bamako, the soldiers of the EUTM Mali mission, and various European and Malian authorities, paid a last tribute to one of their own, Staff Sergeant Gil Fernando Paiva Benido, who died in the terrorist attack on Le Campement hotel (Read: Terrorist attack against the hotel Le Campement near Bamako. Deaths among Europeans). His body, placed on board a C-130 transport plane of the Portuguese army, then took the way back to Portugal, his native land.

The mission is in shock. " These past few hours have been difficult » testifies one of them. It is, in fact, the first death she has had to suffer (1). And several other victims could have been deplored without the good reaction of both Malians and Europeans.

RIP

(1) The delegation in Mali also suffered a loss. This is not the first time that the EU in Mali has been targeted. And it won't be the last.