Spanish UNIFIL Vehicle Hit by Landmine in Ibl al-Saqi
A landmine exploded Wednesday under a vehicle for Spanish peacekeepers in the outskirts of the southern town of Ibl al-Saqi, state-run National News Agency reported.
The blast, which occurred in the al-Tal area, did not cause any casualties, NNA said.
“The Lebanese army imposed a security cordon in the area as a Spanish mine flail and a large number of military vehicles arrived on the scene,” the agency added.
A joint team from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the Lebanese army and international truce observers has launched a probe into the incident, NNA said.
UNIFIL has around 12,000 soldiers from 35 countries.
The force was created in 1978 to help Lebanon restore government control over southern Lebanon after the Israeli invasion, and it was beefed up in 2006 after the devastating war between Israel and Hizbullah.
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