United Nations Photo
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UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata
Two Finnish Soldiers Killed, Five Seriously Injured as Rescue Lorry Strikes Anti-Tank Mine
Two Finnish soldiers were killed and five seriously injured in a minefield accident on 14 February. The incident took place in the western sector of the new UNEF temporary buffer area about l5 kilometres West-South-West of UNEF forward headquarters in Fanara, on the coast of the Great Bitter Lake.
Members of the Finnish Battalion (foreground) and the Egyptian Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team (EODT) at left, background, probing for anti-tank mines in the uncharted Israeli minefield where the accidents took place.
Members of the Finnish Battalion (foreground) and the Egyptian Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team (EODT) at left, background, probing for anti-tank mines in the uncharted Israeli minefield where the accidents took place.
16 February 1974
Great Bitter Lake Area, Egypt
Photo # 186477
