Soldier 'killed in rifle-cleaning accident'

A British soldier from the North may have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles, it is understood.

A British soldier from the North may have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles, it is understood.

Ranger David Dalzell, 20, of 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, died on Friday in an “operational accident” in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand.

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