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| MoD probes 'friendly fire' claim | MoD probes 'friendly fire' claim |
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| The Ministry of Defence is probing claims that British forces killed two Danish soldiers in Afghanistan in a "friendly fire" incident. | The Ministry of Defence is probing claims that British forces killed two Danish soldiers in Afghanistan in a "friendly fire" incident. |
| The soldiers died when heat-seeking missiles were fired at a Danish military unit on 26 September. | |
| A spokesman for the MoD said it is working alongside the Danish government to try to find out what happened. | A spokesman for the MoD said it is working alongside the Danish government to try to find out what happened. |
| The deaths of the Danish personnel were initially reported to have come in a firefight with the Taleban. | |
| However, several days later the Danish army said the casualties may have been the result of British so-called friendly fire in the southern province of Helmand. | |
| A Danish eyewitness told a journalist from TV2 television UK forces were firing across the Helmand river at the Taleban for at least an hour. | |
| It was said during that time two British missiles hit a Danish compound. | |
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| An MoD spokesman said: "We are working closely with the Danish government to establish the details and the causes of this incident, and there is a Board of Inquiry into it, ongoing. | An MoD spokesman said: "We are working closely with the Danish government to establish the details and the causes of this incident, and there is a Board of Inquiry into it, ongoing. |
| "It would not be appropriate to comment further before the Board of Inquiry is complete." | "It would not be appropriate to comment further before the Board of Inquiry is complete." |
| Denmark has about 550 troops operating in Afghanistan as part of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) and has lost seven service personnel in total. | |
| There are about 7,700 British troops based in Afghanistan, mainly in Helmand. |