UN Mission Probes Shooting Deaths of 2 Peacekeepers in Burundi
New York, May 20 2005 5:00PM
Two South African soldiers with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Burundi were dead today, one of them
allegedly killed by a volley of gunshots from a companion who then shot himself to death, leaving four others in the
group wounded, a UN spokesman said.
The UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB) said it was conducting a full investigation into the matter.
The soldiers are part of a UN force to help maintain peace in the tiny Central African country, which has been emerging
from a decade-long civil war and is preparing for elections later this year.
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