Timor-Leste: UN helping in probe of deadly attack on minibus

United Nations police and peacekeepers are helping authorities in Timor-Leste investigate an attack on vehicles near the border with West Timor today that left one passenger dead and three seriously injured.

According to the UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), an armed group attacked a minibus carrying civilians in Bobonaro District. The Timor-Leste national police and UN police responded to the incident and were joined by a Quick Reaction Force of UN peacekeepers.

Two of the injured were taken to the capital, Dili, and the third to the UN peacekeeping force's regional medical centre.

Earlier in the day, a truck was similarly attacked in the same area.