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| Chad captures rogue legionnaire | Chad captures rogue legionnaire |
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| Security forces in Chad have captured a French Foreign Legion soldier who killed four people, including two comrades and a UN peacekeeper. | Security forces in Chad have captured a French Foreign Legion soldier who killed four people, including two comrades and a UN peacekeeper. |
| The man was found trying to get water from a well 10km (6 miles) from his base in Abeche, eastern Chad, French and Chadian officials said. | |
| His arrest by Chadian gendarmes followed a massive military manhunt. | His arrest by Chadian gendarmes followed a massive military manhunt. |
| A French officer described the soldier, who had fled across the southern Sahara on a stolen horse, as "deranged". | A French officer described the soldier, who had fled across the southern Sahara on a stolen horse, as "deranged". |
| The renegade soldier is a 27-year-old man of French-Guianese origin, AFP news agency reported. | |
| 'He flipped' | 'He flipped' |
| Before making his escape, the fugitive soldier shot dead a Togolese peacekeeper and two legionnaires at the Camp des Etoiles military base in the city of Abeche. | Before making his escape, the fugitive soldier shot dead a Togolese peacekeeper and two legionnaires at the Camp des Etoiles military base in the city of Abeche. |
| He then shot dead a Chadian farmer, stole his horse and took flight across the semi-arid terrain towards Sudan. | He then shot dead a Chadian farmer, stole his horse and took flight across the semi-arid terrain towards Sudan. |
| The killings sparked a manhunt for the rogue soldier, involving helicopters and troops from the European Union and UN peacekeeping missions, as well as Chadian police and army soldiers. | The killings sparked a manhunt for the rogue soldier, involving helicopters and troops from the European Union and UN peacekeeping missions, as well as Chadian police and army soldiers. |
| "He was found exhausted a few kilometres east of Abeche and was given food and water," Lt Col Francois-Marie Gougeon, a spokesman for the French Defence Ministry, was quoted as saying by AFP. | |
| French Defence Minister Herve Morin earlier said the soldier had been "seized by a fit of madness". | French Defence Minister Herve Morin earlier said the soldier had been "seized by a fit of madness". |
| Mr Morin told France Info radio the authorities had no explanation for the soldier's actions "other than that he flipped". | Mr Morin told France Info radio the authorities had no explanation for the soldier's actions "other than that he flipped". |
| The minister also reportedly said the soldier had passed a series of psychiatric tests before being accepted into the Legion in February 2007. | The minister also reportedly said the soldier had passed a series of psychiatric tests before being accepted into the Legion in February 2007. |
| The legionnaires were part of the Eufor force that has for the past year helped to protect refugees from Darfur. | The legionnaires were part of the Eufor force that has for the past year helped to protect refugees from Darfur. |
| The Togolese soldier was part of a UN mission, which took over peacekeeping operations in Chad last month. | The Togolese soldier was part of a UN mission, which took over peacekeeping operations in Chad last month. |