Lebanese tribunal accuses Hezbollah, Amal members of killing UN peacekeeper - source


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  • Thursday, 01 Jun 2023

FILE PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeping mission attend the repatriation ceremony for Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a U.N. peacekeeping patrol, at Beirut International Airport, in Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese military tribunal has formally accused five members of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement of killing an Irish UNIFIL officer in 2022, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday.

Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed on Dec 15 in the first fatal attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon since 2015.

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