Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged seven people over a December attack that killed Private Seán Rooney, an Irish soldier serving in a United Nations peacekeeping force, three Lebanese judicial sources told the news agency Reuters.
The charges ranged from murder and attempted murder to destroying vehicles, one source said. One of those charged was already in custody after Hezbollah, the powerful armed group that controls the southern part of Lebanon where the attack took place, handed him over, the three sources said.
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Pte Rooney, from Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal was killed when his convoy came under attack in December. He was buried with full military honours in his hometown late last month.
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