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Lebanon accuses five over killing of UN peacekeeper Sean Rooney

A UN peacekeeper vehicle drives in Naqoura, near the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon [File: Aziz Taher/Reuters]

A military tribunal in Lebanon has formally accused five men of killing an Irish UN peacekeeper in December, local media and news agencies reported.

A senior judicial official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, alleged all five are linked with Lebanese group Hezbollah, The Associated Press news agency reported.

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