British soldier set alight in Basra riot

A British soldier was set alight by a petrol bomb during riots in the southern Iraqi city of Basra that left 13 troops injured.

A British soldier was set alight by a petrol bomb during riots in the southern Iraqi city of Basra that left 13 troops injured.

Two photographs showed the unnamed soldier running down a street with his head and shoulders on fire.

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