An Army officer of the Zaytun Unit on peace and reconstruction mission in Iraq has been found shot dead within the unit precinct. This is the first death in the troops since they were dispatched in 2004. "A 27-year-old first lieutenant with family name of Oh was found shot to death at a hospital barber's in the precinct of the Zaytun Unit at 1:45 p.m. in local time (6:45 p.m. KST) Saturday," the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced. 1st Lt. Oh lay dead on the chest with shots in the jaw, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, quoting a general affairs serviceman of the medical administrative affairs team on the scene. A K-2 rifle and an empty cartridge were also found on the scene, it added. 1st Lt. Oh has served as an officer of the medical administrative affairs team of the Zaytun Unit in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil since he was stationed on April 26 as the second batch of the sixth change of troops. "The unit itself is now investigating what caused the incident. There has been confirmed no sign of invasion from outside and fight so far," an official of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The Ministry of Defence and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have set up a task force headed by Lt. Gen. Kim Gun-tae, chief of the Operation, to handle the incident. The ministry has also decided to dispatch an investigation squad to Iraq.