U.N. Peacekeeper Dies After Accident in Haiti
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<i> Reuters</i>
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A U.N. peacekeeper from Bangladesh who was hit by a truck Monday has died from his injuries, the third foreign soldier serving in Haiti to die in a week, U.N. officials said Thursday.
Lance Corp. Abdur Rahim, 29, was hit as he chased after a suspect near the Port-au-Prince airport. On Sunday, a Pakistani peacekeeper was found dead in an apparent suicide, and last week a soldier from Guyana gunned down another Guyanese soldier after a dispute.
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