United Nations peacekeepers have said that “non-state actors” were thought to have been behind a deadly attack on their personnel in southern Lebanon, saying it could have been Hezbollah, AFP reports.

In a statement, the UN peacekeepers (Unifil) said that an “initial assessment indicates the fire came from non-state actors”, adding that it was “allegedly” Hezbollah.

The force urged Lebanon to “swiftly initiate an investigation to identify and hold the perpetrators accountable” for what it called a “deliberate” attack.