Lebanese military tribunal sentences man to death for murder of Irish UN peacekeeper
Private Seán Rooney, a private, was murdered while driving a UN vehicle through the village of Al-Aqbiya, Lebanon, in December 2022.
Wreath of flowers are placed near the coffin of Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a U.N. peacekeeping Patrol, during repatriation ceremony at Beirut international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon December 18, 2022.(photo credit: MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS)Updated: