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2009-04-07 Africa Subsaharan

French Legionnaire kills three colleagues in Chad and flees

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Posted by tu3031 2009-04-07 13:33|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Update...

PARIS (AFP) European peacekeepers on Tuesday launched a manhunt for a "deranged" French Foreign Legion officer who killed two comrades, a Togolese UN peacekeeper, and a civilian in Chad.

"Gunshots were heard in the (military) camp and then the two legionnaires were found and then a little further away the body of the Togolese soldier was discovered," said Captain Christophe Prazuck.

It appeared that the soldier, an officer he described as "deranged," opened fire with his service weapon and then escaped from the scene, Prazuck said.

A local official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the legionnaire had later shot and killed a Chadian civilian after he resisted the fugitive's attempt to steal his horse.

Posted by tu3031 2009-04-07 15:41|| 2009-04-07 15:41|| Front Page Top

#2 As I understand it officers are all French born.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-04-07 16:23|| 2009-04-07 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 French news agencies say nothing aboiut his rank but the terms seem to point that he is a private. For info Frenchmen _are_ allowed to serve in the Foreign Legion. Non-French are allowed but it is not a requirement.

Posted by ly a ctholic thing. ">ly a ctholic thing. 2009-04-07 17:38|| 2009-04-07 17:38|| Front Page Top

#4 As I understand it officers are all French born.

Career Legionnaires can get commissioned, but IIRC their course of promotion limits them to Captain.

Posted by Pappy 2009-04-07 18:29|| 2009-04-07 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 For most of its existence, the Legion was officered by Frenchmen but the enlisted were all non-French. Only fairly recently have Frenchmen been allowed to legally enlist.

While I cannot recall the term right now, there is a "madness" well known to the Legion that strikes in these isolated postings.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2009-04-07 21:44|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2009-04-07 21:44|| Front Page Top

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