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Lebanon blast 'kills UN soldiers' | Lebanon blast 'kills UN soldiers' |
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Four United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and several other soldiers wounded by an explosion in southern Lebanon, security officials say. | |
A blast hit two patrol vehicles which were transporting Spanish peacekeepers from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) near the border with Israel. | |
It is unclear whether the soldiers were targeted or hit unexploded ordinance left over from last summer's war. | |
The UN says it is checking the reports and has sent a team to the area. | The UN says it is checking the reports and has sent a team to the area. |
"A vehicle hit a mine or booby-trap in the Marjayoun-Khiam valley," a Unifil colonel told the AFP news agency. |