UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion

Published: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:43:00

The British army is mourning another death in Afghanistan after an explosion claimed the life of a UK soldier in Helmand province. Two days after five soldiers were killed by a rogue policeman at a military checkpoint, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said a soldier had died on Thursday morning in a blast in Sangin. The MoD, which said the soldier's next of kin had been informed, paid tribute to the fallen soldier.

"It is with deep sorrow I must inform you that a British soldier, one of our own, was killed this morning," said Lieutenant Colonel David Wakefield, spokesman for Taskforce Helmand. "A fellow soldier taken from us in this conflict; his sacrifice will not be forgotten." The UK death-toll in Afghanistan now stands at 230 following Tuesday's bloody incident and yesterday's explosion.

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