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20/04/2011
British Soldier Dies In Hospital
A UK soldier has died following an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
The soldier, from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, was injured while clearing roadside bombs in the Nahr-e Saraj district.
He was evacuated from Camp Bastion to the Queen Elizabeth NHS Hospital in Birmingham, but died yesterday.
His family have been told.
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick said: "The soldier was neutralising a complex set of IEDs which had been sown in an alleyway between two compounds when one of the devices detonated."
(BMcN/GK)
The soldier, from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, was injured while clearing roadside bombs in the Nahr-e Saraj district.
He was evacuated from Camp Bastion to the Queen Elizabeth NHS Hospital in Birmingham, but died yesterday.
His family have been told.
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick said: "The soldier was neutralising a complex set of IEDs which had been sown in an alleyway between two compounds when one of the devices detonated."
(BMcN/GK)
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