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Lebanon charges seven over killing of UN peacekeeper

Salvadorian soldiers, who will depart for the Lebanon to be part of the UN Blue Helmet peacekeepers, attend a ceremony in San Salvador, Monday, January 26, 2009. © Luis Romero, AP

Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven suspects in last month's attack that killed an Irish peacekeeper when a group of armed local residents ambushed his convoy and opened fire, officials said. 

The shooting took place near the town of Al-Aqbiya in southern Lebanon, a center of support for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which has denied any role in the killing. 

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