Lebanon: French UNIFIL soldier killed in wall collapse

Published January 14th, 2004 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A French soldier with UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon was killed on Wednesday in Nakoura, when a wall at his UN compound collapsed over him as a result of heavy rains, according to UNIFIL. 

 

A spokesman said the soldier died after a wall fell on him as he attempted to divert floodwater from the compound. He was treated at a field hospital, but died of his injuries.  

 

"A wall collapsed on him... The doctors couldn't revive him, so he died, unfortunately," the spokesman said. (Albawaba.com)

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