One soldier was killed and another is in a 'serious condition' after undergoing surgery
This shocking video shows the chaos amid the incident in southern Lebanon in which an Irish soldier was shot dead.
Two armed vehicles, carrying eight people, were travelling to Beirut. The convoy came "under small arms fire", according to a statement from the Defence Forces, and four peacekeeping soldiers were hit.On Thursday morning the soldier fatally wounded was named as Private Seán Rooney, aged 23, from Newtoncunningham in Co Donegal.
Media reports in Lebanon now say that Hezbollah, the biggest armed militia in the south of the war-torn country, has denied any involvement in the attack. And the Lebanese interim Prime Minister has now condemned the killing. Najib Mikati said he regretted the death in the Al-Aqabiyeh area in southern Lebanon.
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