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Last batch of detained peacekeepers freed

    NAIROBI

    The United Nations freed over the weekend some 233 of its peacekeepers and military observers blocked since May by rebels in the eastern Sierra Leone town of Kailahun.

    During ‘Operation Khukri’, one UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) peacekeeper was killed and seven injured, UNAMSIL’s military spokesman in Freetown, Lieutenant Commander Patrick Coker, told IRIN on Monday.

    Coker said the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) suffered heavy casualties, but he was unable to give details. The UN had not received any reports of civilian casualties as many fled the area once the fighting began, Coker said.

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