Irish soldier killed on UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent and Agence Fran from World news | The Guardian on (#66VV1)
Convoy of two armoured utility vehicles travelling to Beirut came under small arms fire, Ireland's defence forces said
An Irish peacekeeper has been killed and another seriously wounded in a gun attack after a hostile crowd surrounded Irish members of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.
The incident happened on Wednesday night when a convoy of two armoured utility vehicles with UN markings passed near the village of Aqibya, just outside the force's area of operations in a strip along Lebanon's southern border with Israel.
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