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Article: UNSC pays tributes to murdered Indian police officer.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- August 9, 2003
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United Nations, Aug 9 (PTI) UN Security Council members have "strongly condemned" the murder of Indian Border Security Force officer in Kosovo Satish Menon and asked all concerned to cooperate with United Nations missions to identify the perpetrators of the crime and bring them to justice.
The Kerala-born Menon was a civilian police officer serving with the UN Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The car in which he was travelling on Sunday was ambushed and gunmen fired from a hilltop. Menon died but a British officer driving the car escape unhurt.
Menon, who had joined the mission only a few weeks earlier, became the first police officer to be slain ...