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UN force commander in Haiti found dead in hotel room
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-08 09:07
The commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti, Brazilian
Lt. Gen. Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, has been found dead in his hotel
room, said reports reaching here from Port-au-Prince, capital of the troubled
Caribbean country.
The body of Bacellar, who took over the 9,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force
MINUSTAH at the end of August, was found on Saturday morning in his room at the
Hotel Montana.
He appeared to have shot himself dead, said the
reports.
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