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| The coffin containing the
body of Chinese UN observer Du Zhaoyu is carried off the special plane
after it landed in Beijing on Wednesday.(Xinhua
Photo) |
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| The coffin containing the
body of Chinese UN observer Du Zhaoyu is carried off the special plane
after it landed in Beijing on Wednesday.(Xinhua
Photo) |
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A special plane landed in
Beijing Wednesday morning, carrying home the body of Chinese UN observer Du
Zhaoyu, who was killed last week during Israel's air raid on Lebanon.
Du's coffin, covered with Chinese and UN flags, was
carried down the plane by eight Chinese soldiers.
His widow Li Lingling, who had flown to Israel to
bring Du's body home, followed the coffin, holding a framed picture of Du in
hands.
Du's parents and his baby son, who had his
two-year-old birthday on Monday, waited at the airport.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Assistant
to Chief of the General Staff Zhang Qinsheng and China's Assistant Foreign
Minister Cui Tiankai led an array of Chinese military and government officials,
standing underneath the plane.
Over 100 Chinese army officers with uniforms and
their service caps in hands stood at attention as Du's coffin was carried from
plane to a hearse.
The 34-year-old Du, a Lt. Colonel, was killed in an
Israeli raid on a UN post in southern Lebanon on July 25, which also killed
three other UN observers from Finland, Austria and Canada, respectively.
Israel has expressed deep sorrow and regret over the
incident, but denied it was deliberate.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday that
questions still surrounding the deaths of the four UN military observers in
Lebanon must be answered. Enditem
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