Mali officials: 1 killed, 3 injured in attack in north

One person was killed and three injured today as unidentified assailants shelled the city of Gao in northern Mali, the country's UN peacekeeping mission and a hospital official said.
At least three rockets were fired at around 6 am, according to a UN statement.
"Preliminary reports indicate that one of them hit a house, killing a woman and injuring two civilians currently being treated at Gao hospital," the statement said.
The superintendent of the city's hospital, Ibrahim Maiga, said a total of three people were injured and "in serious condition."
Residents said they counted about six shells.
The UN mission "strongly condemns this terrorist attack on innocent civilians," its statement said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

A UN team was dispatched to assist Malian authorities in their investigation and UN police stepped up their patrols in the city, the UN statement said.
Northern Mali came under control of separatist rebels and then Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida following a military coup in 2012. A French-led intervention in early 2013 scattered the extremists but did not drive them out entirely.