A suicide bomber killed two Chadian troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a UN spokesman said.

A suicide bomber killed two Chadian troops from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a UN spokesman said.

Six others were injured in an attack on a checkpoint on the outskirts of the northern town of Tessalit on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

The bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle up to the checkpoint before blowing himself up. Four people were killed in total, including a child, according to Cheick Fantamady Bouare, the local prefect.