UK soldier shot dead in Afghanistan, number of military personnel killed in country increases to 233

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!

Monday, November 16, 2009

Afghanistan

Other stories from Afghanistan

• 2 December 2009: US President Obama delivers address on Afghanistan plan
• 24 November 2009: Four US, eight Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan after attacks
• 22 November 2009: Afghan Member of Parliament escapes assasination attempt
• 21 November 2009: Rocket strike near hotel in Afghan capital injures four
• 20 November 2009: Suicide bomber kills sixteen in Afghanistan

...More articles here

Location of Afghanistan

To write, edit, start or view other articles on Afghanistan, see the Afghanistan Portal

A British soldier has been shot dead in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has announced. The soldier, who came from 7th Battalion The Rifles, was killed by "small arms fire" while he was on foot patrol near the town of Sangin on Sunday morning. With the revelation of this information, the total number of military personnel that has now been killed in Afghanistan since the year 2001 has now increased to 233.

The family of the soldier have now been told. Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, who is the spokesperson for Task Force Helmand, said that "[i]t is my sad duty to inform you that this morning a British soldier from the 3 Rifles Battle Group was shot and killed while on patrol in Helmand province.

"He died in the course of his duty. He will be missed by us, his comrades, and we will remember him." The soldier himself is currently remaining unidentified.

Sources

• "UK soldier killed in Afghanistan". BBC News Online, November 15, 2009
• "British soldier dies in Afghanistan". Press Association, November 15, 2009
• Matthew Champion "UK soldier shot during Afghanistan patrol". Inthenews.co.uk, November 15, 2009
  

Share this:

This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable. Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators. Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections. Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.