Peacekeepers due in East Timor as gun battles rage
Fierce gun battles raged in East Timor’s capital today, killing at least three people and wounding more than a dozen, as international troops headed to the tiny nation to help it quell a rebellion by disgruntled ex-soldiers.
A South Korean bystander was shot in the neck, Yonhap news agency said, as dozens of foreigners fled the country on the third day of violence in Dili. The death toll in this week’s unrest stood at five.
