Cluster bomb blast kills three Lebanese soldiers

Deutsche Presse Agentur
Published: Wednesday August 23, 2006

Beirut- Three Lebanese soldiers were killed trying to defuse an unexploded Israeli cluster bomb on Wednesday, Lebanese army sources said. "Three bomb disposal experts were killed while trying to dismantle a cluster bomb on the outskirts of the village of Tebnine," east of the southern port city of Tyre, a Lebanese army source said.

The three had been on a team clearing unexploded shells and bombs in areas of southern Lebanon heavily bombed by the Israeli army during the offensive on Lebanon which started on July 12.

Their deaths brought to 44 the number of Lebanese troops killed since Israel launched its military offensive.

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