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UK soldier killed in mine blast | UK soldier killed in mine blast |
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A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. | A British soldier has been killed in an explosion while checking for mines in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. |
The soldier, from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed as he got out of his vehicle in the Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand, on Tuesday. | The soldier, from 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was killed as he got out of his vehicle in the Upper Sangin Valley, Helmand, on Tuesday. |
The MoD said next of kin had been informed. No one else was injured. | The MoD said next of kin had been informed. No one else was injured. |
The number of British troops to have died during operations in the country since 2001 is now 108. | The number of British troops to have died during operations in the country since 2001 is now 108. |
An MoD spokesman confirmed the death "with great sadness". | |
He said: "At approx 1500 the soldier...was dismounted from his vehicle checking for mines... when he was killed by a suspected IED [Improvised Explosive Device] explosion. | |
He was the second soldier to have died on Tuesday. Another soldier from 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment - who has not yet been named - died during a firefight in Helmand province. | |
Eleven British service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since 8 June, seven of them from the Parachute Regiment. | |
Privates Nathan Cuthbertson, David Murray and Daniel Gamble died in a suicide bombing while on foot patrol on 8 June. | |
Fellow Paras L/Cpl James Bateman and Pte Jeff Doherty died under fire from the Taleban four days later. | |
Four soldiers were killed on 17 June when their vehicle hit a mine. | |
They were SAS reservists Cpl Sean Robert Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Paul Stout, as well as the first British woman soldier to be killed in Afghanistan, Cpl Sarah Bryant, of 15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operations Group. |