After Saturday’s ambush in Lebanon, a second French UNIFIL soldier dies of his wounds | EUROtoday

Emmanuel Macron introduced {that a} second French soldier from UNIFIL, the UN mission in Lebanon, died on Wednesday April 22 “as a result of his wounds” inflicted in Lebanon “by Hezbollah fighters” in “the same ambush” which killed adjutant Florian Montorio on Saturday.

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“Master Corporal Anicet Girardin of the 132^e Suippes dog infantry regiment, repatriated yesterday from Lebanon where he had been seriously injured by Hezbollah fighters, died this morning as a result of his injuries,” the French president declared on the X community.

“In the service of France and peace in Lebanon”

“He died for France. The Nation, which tomorrow will pay tribute to Warrant Officer Florian Montorio, fatally injured during the same ambush, salutes with emotion the memory of Master Corporal Anicet Girardin and his sacrifice,” he added, additionally addressing “its deep compassion” to his family members and people of the opposite injured.

The Head of State additionally paid “tribute to the exemplary commitment of our armies within UNIFIL, who work with courage and determination in the service of France and peace in Lebanon.”

These troopers had been caught in an ambush in opposition to peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), wherein two different French troopers had been injured.

French authorities instantly attributed the assault to the pro-Iranian Hezbollah motion lively in southern Lebanon, one thing the Shiite Islamist group denied.

With AFP