Sergeant Yvonne Huynh and Brigadier Loïc Risser were killed on Saturday in an improvised explosive device attack in northeastern Mali, the French presidency announced.
Two French soldiers were killed in north-eastern Mali on Saturday in an improvised explosive device attack, after three French soldiers were killed in similar circumstances on Monday, the French presidency announced.
President Emmanuel Macron "learned with great sadness" of the death in the region of Ménaka "at the end of the morning of two soldiers of the 2nd regiment of hussars of Haguenau, sergeant Yvonne Huynh and brigadier Loïc Risser", according to a press release from Elysee presidential palace.