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Haiti: two UN peacekeepers killed at check point
Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 3:40 pm
Press Release: United Nations
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Haiti: two UN peacekeepers killed at check point
Two
Jordanian peacekeepers with the United Nations mission in
Haiti were killed, and another wounded, in the dangerous
Cité Soleil neighbourhood of the country’s capital
Port-au-Prince this morning.
The UN Stabilization Mission
in Haiti (MINUSTAH) said that the trio was manning a check
point when they came under fire.
One of the peacekeepers
was reportedly killed on the spot.
The other two were
taken to hospital, where one of them died of his wounds
shortly afterwards. The third peacekeeper’s condition is
said to be serious.
Haiti has turned into one of the most
hazardous locales for UN personnel with at least six staff
members meeting violent deaths last year.
Armed gangs have
been a constant concern of MINUSTAH since it was set up by
the Security Council to help to re-establish peace in the
impoverished Caribbean country after an insurgency forced
elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to go into exile in
February
2004.
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