Army

Inquest Hears of "Digging" Intelligence Before Deadly Blast

An inquest has heard there was intelligence about "digging activity" three days before an IED buried beneath a road in Afghanistan killed three British soldiers.
 
Corporal William Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint and Private Robert Hetherington died when their Mastiff was hit by a bomb hidden in a tunnel in Helmand in April last year.
 
Will Inglis reports from Oxfordshire Coroners Court.

 

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