French soldier dies in attack on anti-insurgent base in Mali

A French Barkhane force soldier has been killed in a mortar shelling attack on a base in Mali, the military said (Jerome Delay/AP)

A French soldier has been killed in a mortar shelling attack on a base in Mali.

The 24-year-old artilleryman, Alexandre Martin, was serving with France’s anti-insurgent force Operation Barkhane, according to a statement from the French army.