{"id":91091,"date":"2023-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=4588bb87f8af1ddfb7ee8691bec14823"},"modified":"2023-06-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T00:00:00","slug":"unifil-hails-indictment-of-culprits-in-murder-of-peacekeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/unifil-hails-indictment-of-culprits-in-murder-of-peacekeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIFIL hails indictment of culprits in murder of peacekeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) hailed the indictment by a Lebanese military tribunal against five men of killing an Irish UN peacekeeper in south Lebanon in January.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The indictment is “an important step towards justice and bringing the culprits to book,” UNIFIL’s spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The attacks against male and UN peacekeepers, males or females, who serve the cause of peace are serious crimes that cannot go unpunished, he pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tenenti voiced hope that today’s indictment would help do justice to the slain Irish peacekeeper Sean Rooney and the three others who were injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A UNIFIL convoy of two armored vehicles came under gunfire while travelling from Al-Aqebiya village to Beirut on January 14, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Earlier today, Justice Fady Sowan, a Lebanese investigating judge, charged five persons of attacking the Irish peacekeeping patrol.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) hailed the indictment by a Lebanese military tribunal against five men of killing an Irish UN peacekeeper in south Lebanon in January.The indictment is “an important step towards justice and bringing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n