Paris is mourning the death of the second French soldier following the Hezbollah attack on April 18. The victim is UN peacekeeper Anicet Girardin, who was repatriated yesterday from Lebanon where he was seriously injured, according to French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on X.
"Corporal Anicet Girardin of the 132nd Canine Infantry Regiment of Suippes, repatriated yesterday from Lebanon where he was seriously wounded by Hezbollah fighters , died this morning from his wounds ," announced President Macron, paying tribute to the soldier "who fell for France." "The nation, which tomorrow will pay tribute to [the other killed soldier, ed.] Florian Montorio, mortally wounded in the same ambush, pays emotional tribute to the memory of Corporal Anicet Girardin and his sacrifice," underlined the president, extending his most sincere thoughts and the deepest condolences of the French nation "to his family, his loved ones, as well as to the families of the other wounded."
France, Macron concluded, finally pays tribute to the exemplary commitment of our armies in UNIFIL, who operate with courage and determination in the service of France and peace in Lebanon.
(Unioneonline)
