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Five Down-based soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Five British soldiers from a Co Down-based regiment have been killed in Afghanistan.

Five Down-based soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Sat, 11 Jul, 2009 - 13:44

Five British soldiers from a Co Down-based regiment have been killed in Afghanistan.

The five, from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles, died in two separate blasts while on foot patrol near Sangin, Helmand province yesterday.

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