Chinese UN peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon Tyre, Lebanon, Aug 6, 2006 Three Chinese UN peacekeepers were wounded Sunday when a mortar round apparently fired by Hezbollah guerrillas slammed into their headquarters in southern Lebanon, a UN spokesman said. "Three members of the Chinese contigent with the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were lightly injured this morning," UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strugar said. "According to a preliminary UNIFIL report, a mortar round from Hezbollah impacted inside the headquarters of the Chinese contingent in Henniyeh village," south of the port of Tyre, he said. Strugar said the Chinese peacekeepers "received medical treatment inside the position. Their condition is stable and they were not evacuated." Rockets also fell in the area of a UN Indian position in the village of Kfar Kila, without inflicting casualties, another UN spokesman said. A Chinese national was among four UN observers killed in an Israeli air strike against a UN position in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on July 25. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan attacked Israel for its "apparently deliberate targeting" of the UN position while China summoned Israel's ambassador in Beijing and demanded an apology. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links China News from SinoDaily.com
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