A powerful roadside bomb struck a UN peacekeeping patrol in the Lebanese coastal town of Tyre on Friday, wounding five French soldiers and a civilian, a security official said. The official, who requested anonymity, said the bomb was hidden under dirt on the side of the road and was detonated as the soldiers were driving by in a Jeep at an intersection in the eastern part of the southern town. Two of the wounded soldiers were taken to hospital while the three others – a woman and two men – were seen standing by their badly damaged vehicle with bandages on their heads. One of them had a bloodied face. It was unclear how badly injured the Lebanese civilian was.
