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LONDON, April 27 (KUNA) -- A British soldier was Friday killed by a gunshot
wound he sustained while on a patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense
said.
The soldier, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, was serving as part
of Combined Force on a patrol to disrupt insurgent movements in Nahr-e Saraj
district of Helmand province, when he was killed as a result of small-arms
fire, the ministry said in a statement.
He died of his wounds, it added.
The soldier's family have been informed and have asked for a period of
grace before further details are released.
Today's death raises to 410 the number of British soldiers killed in
Afghanistan since October 2001. (end)
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