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Hezbollah ‘supporter’ detained in probe of UN peacekeeper killing

Irish peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) walk at the hospital where the body of Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a UN peacekeeping Patrol was kept, in Sidon, Lebanon December 18, 2022. [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

The Lebanese army has detained a suspect in the recent killing of an Irish United Nations peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the powerful armed group Hezbollah over the weekend, two security sources and a Hezbollah spokesperson said.

The man is a supporter of the Iran-backed armed group and heavyweight political party, but not a member of the group, a Hezbollah spokesperson told the Reuters news agency on Monday.

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