Thursday, January 5, 2012

ARTICLE - UN PEACEKEEPER DIES

BRAZILIAN PEACEKEEPER DIES IN ACCIDENT
(Defend Haiti) -

PORT-AU-PRINCE – A Brazilian peacekeeper, Diego Mendes dos Santos, has accidentally been killed Dec. 30, 2011 while on duty. The Blue helmet died following a fatal fall from the back of a moving vehicle, informed the Nations Mission United for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to the press.

The incident occurred while the soldier was about to leave the base for a patrol, the statement said. 22 years old, Diego Mendes Dos Santos of Brazil belonged to the second battalion of MINUSTAH. He had joined the mission in September 2011.

Based in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, he regularly participated in security patrols of the UN force.

In March 2011, a soldier Nepalese Bhagawati Neupane had also died in a vehicle accident. She was attached to the first Nepalese battalion of MINUSTAH.

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