BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 24 -- A bomb attack in southern Lebanon killed six U.N. peacekeepers Sunday, the first fatalities among the U.N. force since it was reinforced after the war last summer between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
A suspected car bomb struck a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing five Spanish peacekeepers and wounding three others, Spain's Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said.
Six UN peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the UN mission said, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north.
A car bomb, "most likely" driven by a suicide bomber, killed six U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Sunday, a police source said.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Sunday on the international community to send a "very strong message" to Syria that any continued interference in Lebanon would not be tolerated.
A bomb apparently targeting a U.N. personnel carrier exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing five peacekeepers and injuring three, officials said.
Five UN peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north.
Five Spanish UN peacekeepers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north.
A car bomb, "most likely" driven by a suicide bomber, killed five U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Sunday, a police source said.