UN observers wounded in explosion while on patrol in southern Lebanon

Three UN observers and a translator were wounded while on patrol along the southern Lebanon border, the UN peacekeeping mission said [File: Hassan Ammar/AP Photo]

Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese translator were wounded while patrolling the border in southern Lebanon when a shell exploded near them, the UN peacekeeping mission said.

The blast took place in Rmeish, a village along the Israel-Lebanon border, on Saturday.