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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

Senior UN officer on Gaza hunger strike claims assault by guards at New York HQ

Bruno Donat outside the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, last week.
Bruno Donat outside the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland, last week. Photograph: Emma Farge/Reuters

A senior UN official who went on hunger strike in support of child victims of the Israel-Hamas conflict has said he was assaulted by UN security guards at the organisation’s New York headquarters.

Bruno Donat, head of the UN Mine Action Service in Geneva, alleged the guards pushed him back on to the pavement outside the headquarters on Monday so forcibly that he fell, striking the back of his head. Donat did not break any bones and has since been discharged from hospital, but says he is still in intense pain.

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