United States Embassy (Abidjan)

Liberia: Four Men Arrested in Liberia in Connection With the Killing of U.N. Peacekeepers in Western Cote d'Ivoire

31 July 2012

"Killing of seven UN peacekeepers: Four suspects arrested in Liberia," says a prominent headline in Le Patriote (p. 1). According to the paper (p. 5), the government of Liberia yesterday announced that four persons suspected to be linked to the ambush that led to the killing of at least 18 persons, including seven UN peacekeepers, along the border between Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia in early June are in custody.

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