Afghan Policeman Kills 5 Brit Soldiers

[unhappycamper]

Afghan Policeman Kills 5 Brit Soldiers
November 04, 2009
Deutsche Presse-Agentur

KABUL -- Five British soldiers have been killed in a single incident in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, after an Afghan policeman they were training opened fire on the forces, the Ministry of Defence in London said today.

Reports said six British soldiers were also injured in the incident.

"Five British soldiers were killed in Shina Klay area of Nad Ali district," Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor of Helmand told German Press Agency dpa.

Daoud could not provide more details, but a senior police official in the province said that a man in police uniform shot the soldiers and then escaped from the area.

"We don't know if the attacker was a member of Taliban group, or there was some kind of personal motivation behind his act," the police official said, but declined to be named.


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[Captain Hilts]

1. Shit! Tough day for the Tommies. RIP gentlemen. nt