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3 Indonesians killed in Lebanon while on UN peacekeeping mission
Two peacekeepers were killed on Monday and another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight on Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded
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Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medical staff were killed in Israeli strikes.
Two peacekeepers were killed on Monday after an explosion from an unknown origin destroyed their vehicle near Bani Hayyan in south Lebanon, the United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL said in a statement. Two other soldiers were wounded in the blast.
Earlier, another Indonesian soldier was killed overnight Sunday into Monday when a projectile exploded by one of the group’s positions by the southern Lebanese village of Adchit al-Qusayr. Another peacekeeper was critically injured at the time.
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The death on Sunday was the first among the UN’s peacekeeping force in the new war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah which erupted on March 2.
“These are two separate incidents and we are investigating them as two separate incidents,” said UNIFIL’s spokeswoman Kandice Ardiel.
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In response to the first death, Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Monday the deceased peacekeeper was one of its citizens and that three others were injured by “indirect artillery fire”.
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