A United Nations car that came under fire in south Lebanon leaving one Irish peacekeeper dead, probably took a wrong turn in the dark and became separated from its convoy, an official has said.
Irish citizen Private Sean Rooney, 24, serving as part of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifil), died from a bullet wound to his head after seven projectiles pierced the car he was travelling in during a routine run to Beirut airport.
