Italian UN soldier dies in Lebanon attack (Deadly blast hits UN vehicle in Lebanon)

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Source: Reuters Via Alternet

May 27 2011 15:00

* Attack wounds four peacekeepers

* UNIFIL says attack targeted logistics convoy

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BEIRUT, May 27 (Reuters) - A bomb blew up a U.N. vehicle near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on Friday, killing an Italian United Nations peacekeeper, security sources said.

The explosion occurred on a busy highway leading to Sidon, and four other Italian soldiers were wounded, a security source and a Reuters photographer said.

A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said the bomb had been aimed at a logistics convoy.

"We have reports of casualties of UNIFIL peacekeepers," spokesman Neeraj Singh told Reuters. He could not disclose their nationalities.

Read more: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/italian-un-soldier-dies-in-lebanon-attack-source

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Deadly blast hits UN vehicle in Lebanon
At least one Italian peacekeeper reportedly killed after vehicle is blown up in the southern town of Sidon.
Last Modified: May 27 2011 14:26

Source: Al Jazeera English



At least one Italian peacekeeper has reportedly been killed after an explosion blew up a UN vehicle he was travelling in southern Lebanon, reports say.

The explosion occurred on a highway leading to the southern port city of Sidon, a Reuters photographer said on Friday.

The attack happened on the same day that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commemorated the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers to honour colleagues who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Lebanese security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly, said three peacekeepers were wounded.

More: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/05/2011527141919400884.html

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