02/10/2006

British soldier killed in Iraq

A British soldier has been killed and another seriously injured in an attack in Basra, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

The MoD said that the two soldiers had been caught in an "indirect fire attack" at the Shaat Al Arab Hotel base, when around 15 mortars were fired at the base.

The soldiers' names have yet been released, but it is understood that the dead soldier was from the Royal Army Medical Corps.

(KMcA/SP)

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