Haiti UN mission chief found dead
The commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has been found shot dead in a hotel room.
The body of Gen Urano Teixeira Da Matta Bacellar was discovered early in the morning in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with a bullet wound to the head.
UN officials said he appeared to have shot himself.
The Brazilian general had taken over as head of the 9,000-strong peacekeeping force last September.
He will be replaced by Chilean General Eduardo Aldunate Herman.
“It is unfortunate and devastating to see such a good and honourable general killed in such circumstances,” Brazilian ambassador to Haiti Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto said.
Source: BBC.
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