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Death of Corporal Anicet Girardin wounded by Hezbollah in Lebanon
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President Emmanuel Macron announced the death of Corporal Anicet Girardin from the 132nd Infantry Cynotechnic Regiment of Suippes, due to wounds from a Hezbollah ambush in southern Lebanon on April 18. Aged 31 and a father, this dog handler was serving with UNIFIL.
A national homage ceremony for Arnaud Frion, the French warrant officer killed in Iraq on Thursday, will take place Tuesday morning at the 7th Battalion of Alpine Hunters in Varces (Isère). It will be led by Minister Catherine Vautrin, with General Pierre Schill present. President Emmanuel Macron will meet the widow, promoted to major, and the wounded soldiers.