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People stand in line to offer condolences for a slain UN peacekeeper, at his parents' house in Kulon Progo regency, Indonesia, on April 1.

People queueing to offer condolences for a slain UN peacekeeper at his parents' house in Kulon Progo regency, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on April 1.

PHOTO: REUTERS

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JAKARTA/MEDAN The red-and-white flag flew at half-mast on March 30 at Raider Infantry Battalion 113 headquarters in Bireuen, Aceh, as soldiers mourned Chief Private Farizal Rhomadhon.

He was an Indonesian peacekeeper killed while serving with a UN mission in Lebanon amid Israel’s expanding military offensive.

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