Indian peacekeepers surrounded

FREETOWN, MAY 30. As many as 224 Indian peacekeepers and 11 military observers were encircled by rebels in the eastern Kailahun province in Sierra Leone, according to the UN mission (UNAMSIL) spokesman, Mr. David Wimhurst. The troops were ``not held in detention, but they are submitted to a restriction of movement. They had been immobilised for more than three weeks,'' he said.

The 235 UN staff are in addition to 23 peacekeepers whom the UN Force Commander, General Vijay Jetley, said yesterday were encircled by rebels some 50 km west of Kailahun, near Segbwema.

- AFP

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