5 UN peacekeepers wounded in bombing in Lebanon

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Source: AP

BEIRUT (AP) — A roadside bombing in southern Lebanon on Friday wounded at least five U.N. peacekeepers, Lebanese military and security officials said.

A Lebanese security official said the bomb went off in the Bourj al-Shamali area near the port city of Tyre, damaging a vehicle that was carrying French troops serving with the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed near Lebanon's border with Israel.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the wounded soldiers were rushed to a nearby hospital.

An official with the Lebanese Red Cross confirmed five peacekeepers were wounded, one of them seriously, as well as a Lebanese man who happened to be passing in the area.

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