French VBCI saved lives of soldiers from spectacular suicide car bomb in Mali

On Dunday 1st July, four soldiers inside the hit VBCI operated by the 2nd Régiment Etranger d’Infanterie (2 REI) inside the GTIA (Groupement Tactique InterArmes) “Altor” (armed by the 2e Régiment Etranger de Parachutistes, 2 REP)) were wounded but no one was killed, demonstrating the high protection level offered by the ICV.

Two French VBCIs were hit by the suicide bomb car in Bourem, Mali, one more severly (Picture source: Twitter Syria Frontline)