French UNIFIL under Attack
Five French UN soldiers and two civilians were wounded on Friday by a powerful roadside bomb that targeted United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon specifically in the Southern city of Tyre.
This morning, a UNIFIL patrol traveling at the outskirts of Tyre was targeted by an explosion ... five peacekeepers have been wounded as a result," UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti clarified.
An official security source informed that "the bomb was hidden under dirt on the side of the road and was detonated as the soldiers were driving by in a Jeep at an intersection in the eastern part of the southern city."
A Lebanese man, traveling along the street on his motorcycle, was also wounded in the attack.
The blast left a one-meter deep crater and caused damages to nearby houses.
Security forces cordoned off the area as hundreds of onlookers gathered nearby.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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