Plans aimed at reducing the number of deaths from domestic violence are being considered by the home secretary Police would be able to warn women if a new partner had a violent past under plans to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from domestic abuse being considered by the home secretary, Theresa May. The growth of online dating, coupled with the recent launch of a national police database, has encouraged the government to look at new ways to protect potential victims. A proposal for a “Clare’s law’ – after 36-year-old Clare Wood, who met her murderer through an internet website – is to be launched in London on Monday by Wood’s father, Michael, and the former Labour cabinet minister Hazel Blears, who said May had written an “encouraging” letter on the issue. Wood’s killer, George Appleton, set her body on fire before hanging himself in February 2009. An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission later criticised individual and systemic failures in the way Greater Manchester police had handled Wood’s previous allegations that Appleton had harassed, assaulted and threatened to kill her. It emerged that he had a history of violence against women. The campaign has won backing from Louise Casey, the government’s victims commissioner, and the Home Office confirmed on Sunday that it was looking closely at the idea, which would also protect men seeking new partners. Blears, MP for Salford and Eccles, in whose constituency Wood lived, said: “Women in Clare’s situation often are unaware of their partner’s previous relationships and this can mean they start a relationship with someone with no idea if they have a violent past. Clare’s tragic death shows how vulnerable women aren’t always protected under the current law and until women are given the right to know if their partner has a history of serial domestic abuse they can’t be sure of the risk that they face. “By changing the law we can empower women so that they can take informed action about their relationship and give them the chance to protect themselves and prevent domestic abuse from happening before it begins.” Blears said two women a week died at the hands of violent partners or boyfriends, and the arrival of a national police database meant providing better information had become a more practical proposition. The trigger for release of information had yet to be determined but might either come in response to people raising concerns to the police over the behaviour of a partner or, more controversially, through the police proactively alerting people if a new partner had a history of violence flagged on the computer, even if a formal approach for information had not been made. In both instances, the decision to release details would have to be approved at a meeting with other agencies such as the NHS or children’s services, said Blears. There should be no “free for all” allowing people to go on “fishing expeditions” or try to settle scores. “If a woman chose to carry on a relationship, so be it. At least they are fully informed.” Wood’s father Michael told the Mail on Sunday: “My daughter wasn’t stupid. If she had known about that man’s past, she would have taken herself out of there in a heartbeat.” The Home Office said in a statement: “Clare’s death was a tragic incident and it’s important that lessons are learned. We are committed to doing all we can to protect victims of domestic violence including funding a network of independent domestic violence advisers and a national helpline for victims. “At the end of June we also launched domestic violence protection orders in three pilot areas to empower police officers and magistrates to stop offenders from contacting victims or returning to their home for up to 28 days. The first eighteen orders have been imposed by the courts, so they are already bringing protection to victims. “But we will always consider what more can be done … We’re looking at how the roll-out of the police national database can further help forces identify and monitor repeat perpetrators, providing further protection to victims.” The idea of “Clare’s Law’ follows the introduction of Sarah’s Law giving information on child sex offenders following the murder of Sarah Payne by paedophile Roy Whiting in 2000. The evaluation of a pilot scheme on this published last year showed fathers raising concerns over their partners’ new boyfriends were among the largest groups requesting information. Domestic violence Women Police James Meikle guardian.co.uk
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DGB confederation of trade unions cites benefits for workers as trend grows in Germany to re-establish midday napping tradition Angela Merkel might be calling the southern Europeans lazy these days. But German union leaders are calling for their compatriots to emulate them in at least one way: by taking siestas. The DGB confederation of trade unions argues that a short, lunchtime power nap makes sense for health and performance reasons. “Even though the siesta is something that isn’t a given anymore in the southern European countries, it is still a good idea for health reasons,” said Annelie Buntenbach, a DGB executive board member. “A short afternoon nap reduces the risk of, for example, a heart attack, and provides an energy boost,” she told Tageszeitung in an interview. Studies bear this out. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Athens Medical School in Greece found that Greek workers who took regular siestas had 37% lower mortality rates from coronary illnesses than their napless counterparts. The idea has caught on in Germany, where big German companies such as BASF, Opel, Hornsbach and Lufthansa provide special rooms for their workers, and employers say they benefit from the increased productivity of well-rested employees. “An afternoon nap bridges the power low (of midday) with its heightened risk of errors,” said Jürgen Zulley, a professor of biology and psychology at the University of Regensburg. “A nap can help us to react faster, be more alert, remember things better and put us in a better mood.” A study last year at the University of California Berkeley backed that up by demonstrating that healthy young adults performed better at learning task towards the end of the day if they had taken an afternoon nap. Germans used to take siestas up until the industrial revolution. But the labour needs of the manufacturing economies caused the custom to die out in much of northern Europe. It has been a diminishing custom in the south as well over the past two decades, one some are trying to bring back. But not everyone is in favour. “We have already a half-hour break for breakfast and half-an-hour for lunch,” said Frank Pahlow, a Berlin electrician. “If we had longer breaks to nap, we would get home much later, which would be really bad. It’s different in Spain and Italy, where you need a nap because it’s so hot, but here in Germany, we don’t even have proper summers.” But some workers say they would jump at the chance of a midday recharge. “Sometimes I really need a nap, but I’ve never taken one at work,” said healthcare worker Nils Gordon de Mello, also in Berlin. “If there was a room at work where you could go and lie down for a bit in the afternoon that would be great.” Germany Health Work-life balance Work & careers guardian.co.uk
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Essam Sharaf sacks ministers of finance, industry and foreign affairs amid claims he does not have the power to hire and fire Egypt’s embattled prime minister, Essam Sharaf, fired several of his top ministers on Sunday in the latest attempt to end mass nationwide protests against his government’s slow pace of reform. The ministers of finance, industry and foreign affairs all followed in the footsteps of Sharaf’s deputy, Yehia el-Gamal, who stepped down last week amid demonstrations that have called the legitimacy of Egypt’s ruling military generals into question. Protesters have demanded that the interim cabinet be purged of all politicians linked to the Mubarak regime. They are also insisting that the executive power of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), which has controlled Egypt since February but is accused by many of deliberately stifling revolutionary progress, be curbed. Sharaf, who is under pressure to resign from many of his former supporters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, has been locked in negotiations for days over the details of his reshuffle – a sign, according to analysts, of a power struggle behind the scenes between Scaf and the relatively impotent civilian government. In a further indication of division, a senior military official told local news sources that Sharaf was not entitled to appoint or dismiss ministers under the interim constitution. Major General Hassan al-Ruweiny said Scaf had “sole authority” over cabinet personnel – a statement likely to infuriate protesters, who have already drawn comparisons between recent public statements by Scaf and the rhetoric deployed by Mubarak’s regime. Among those leaving the cabinet is Mohamed el-Orabi, appointed foreign minister less than three weeks ago. He said he was stepping down to “honour the will of the people” after protesters charged him with being a long-time supporter of Mubarak’s rule. Joining the cabinet are two new deputies: the veteran economist Hazem Beblawi, who will take up the finance portfolio, and Ali al-Selmy, a leader of the liberal Wafd party who has been asked to oversee social reforms. The appointment of Selmy has instantly met with criticism in some quarters owing to Wafd’s initial lukewarm support for the revolution and Selmy’s record as deputy president of Cairo University, where he was accused of using state security agents to suppress teachers’ demands. Sharaf is expected to replace up to 15 ministers in the reshuffle. But his changes remain dependent on approval from Scaf, and attention will now turn to the fate of the interior minister, Mansour el-Essawy, and the justice minister, Mohamed al-Guindy, both of whom are unpopular among protesters but appear to have the support of military generals. The full lineup of the new government will be unveiled on Monday. Egypt Hosni Mubarak Arab and Middle East unrest Protest Jack Shenker guardian.co.uk
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Israelis complain they are being forced to move to the suburbs as the prime minister promises to look into the rent crisis Dozens of protest tents have been erected in Tel Aviv, with plans for further encampments in other Israeli towns and cities. But the nascent protest movement is not about democracy or dictators – but house prices. In an echo of the tactics of pro-democracy protesters in the region, students and young workers in Israel’s main city have pledged to remain in the protest tents until action has been taken to address the issue of high housing costs. Hundreds of supporters joined the core of tent-dwellers in Rothschild Avenue, one of the city’s most prosperous streets, over the weekend. The National Students’ Union, which joined the protest after it began, said it would pitch further protest camps in universities and colleges around the country. Protesters told the Israeli media that rents were too high and that the cost of buying homes was prohibitive. “I work as a waitress and study, I receive regular help from my parents, and I’m still overdrawn at the bank,” 26-year-old student Lior Birger told Yedioth Ahranoth. Her rent was 2,300 shekels (£416) a month. Nir Ginosar, 35, said he, his wife and child were forced to leave Tel Aviv for cheaper housing in the suburbs. “Both I and my wife work and earn a decent living, but without help from our parents we’ll never get to buy a home. Our struggle is for working folks who simply can’t make ends meet.” The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, promised Sunday’s cabinet meeting that the government would address the protesters’ concerns. “I am aware of the rent crisis,” he said. “I am certainly aware of the housing crisis … We are a small country. We have a very large demand for apartments, both for purchase and for rental, and there are not enough apartments.” He said the government would tackle the “insane bureaucracies” that were to blame for the dearth of new construction. Demand for housing is high in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other main cities where most employment is concentrated. The shortage of property is exacerbated by a large number of homes owned by American and European Jews who visit Israel two or three times a year. In some areas, the burgeoning ultra-orthodox community has added to the pressure on housing stock. Ultra-orthodox families are large; having eight or nine children is not uncommon. The Israeli authorities say there is plenty of available housing outside the main cities, and financial incentives are offered to those willing to relocate. Housing minister Ariel Attias told Ma’ariv newspaper: “These people sitting in tents here in Tel Aviv don’t want to live in the periphery. The fact of the matter is that there is only a shortage in areas of high demand. Another fact is that there are plenty of apartments available at much lower prices [outside Tel Aviv]. The world does not begin and end in Tel Aviv.” The city authorities said they would permit the protest tents to remain as long as demonstrators maintained public order. Israel Protest House prices Binyamin Netanyahu Middle East Harriet Sherwood guardian.co.uk
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Met police say 43-year-old woman, believed to be Rebekah Brooks, was arrested by appointment at a London police station Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World and allegations that police officers were bribed to leak sensitive information. The Metropolitan police said a 43-year-old woman was arrested at noon on Sunday, by appointment at a London police station. Brooks, 43, resigned on Friday as News International’s chief executive. She is a former News of the World editor and was close to Rupert Murdoch and the prime minister, David Cameron. Brooks was due to give evidence before MPs on the culture select committee on Tuesday. An arrest by appointment on a Sunday by police is unusual. In a statement the Met said: “The MPS [Metropolitan police service] has this afternoon, Sunday 17 July, arrested a female in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking. “At approximately 12.00 a 43-year-old woman was arrested by appointment at a London police station by officers from Operation Weeting [phone hacking investigation] together with officers from Operation Elveden [bribing of police officers investigation]. She is currently in custody. “She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. “The Operation Weeting team is conducting the new investigation into phone hacking. “Operation Elveden is the investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police. This investigation is being supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. “It would be inappropriate to discuss any further details regarding these cases at this time.” Rebekah Brooks Phone hacking Police News of the World News International Newspapers & magazines National newspapers Newspapers Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk
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• Email scott.murray@guardian.co.uk for HOT GOLF CHAT • Marvel at Paul Lawrie’s hole-by-hole guide to Sandwich • Click here for the official Open 2011 leaderboard • Acquaint yourself with The Joy of Six: Open nightmares • Purchase, for pennies, the tale of the Open’s most useless hero 1.15pm: Sergio’s roll continues! He birdies 7 after sending a beautiful second shot pin high to 20 feet. His eagle effort is wonderful, but stops two blades of grass short on the right-hand lip. He tickles it in for birdie; he’s level par for the tournament! But dreadful luck for his playing partner Rory McIlroy, who addresses his ball to hit his birdie effort, only for it to be moved six inches by the wind. Because he’d grounded his putter, that’s a one-stroke penalty. He misses what becomes a par putt, and walks off the green with a six, sporting a wry grin. 1.05pm: It’s been another distressing day for the young Korean player Jung-Gon Hwang. The 19-year-old prospect was three shots off the lead after the first round, having shot a 68, and was still in the thick of it on +2 after day two. But he suffered in the storms yesterday, shooting an 83, and today experienced further sensations of unhappiness and tumult, carding four double bogeys – three of them on the bounce over the front nine – on his way to a nine-over 79. He’s finished the tournament in last place, needless to say, a whopping +24. Small mercies, though: he hasn’t shot the worst round of the day. At the moment, the American Harrison Frazar holds that unwanted record, having carded an 80. England’s Kenneth Ferrie and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson could equal that or do even worse: they’re respectively +10 and +9 for the day, after 16 and 15 holes. 1pm leaderboard: +1 Garcia (6) Selected other scores: -5 Clarke (2.10pm) -4 Johnson (2.10pm) -2 Fowler (2pm) Bjorn (2pm) -1 Jimenez (1.50pm) Glover (1.50pm) Par Kim (1.40pm) Mickelson (1.40pm) Hansen (1.30pm) Coetzee (1.30pm) Love III (1.20pm) Kaymer (1.20pm) 12.57pm: Garcia keeps the momentum going by knocking in his par putt! Brilliant! He’s -3 through 6, and +1 for the tournament, with the very inviting par-five 7th coming up. 12.55pm: Brilliance from Garcia, who spashes out from that deep bunker, right across the green to six feet. He’s got a chance to save par, though you can’t trust him with that putter. Meanwhile here’s what I’ll be watching on repeat once this is all over. “I don’t know if you’ve mentioned the Golf Boys Making of… video,” writes Gary ‘Monty’ Naylor, “but it’s very Spinal Tap.” “This would maybe work for you. Give you the image of hair.” 12.50pm: A huge par putt on 8 keeps Tom Lewis at +3. He’s been wonderful this week, and not just because of that opening-day 65 either. Meanwhile on 6, it begins: Sergio overhits a fade with his tee shot and plops his ball into a deep greenside bunker. A moment of genius is required here, because he’s got no room for error, having started nine shots off the lead. BAH, basically. 12.45pm: It’s now raining at Sandwich. Nothing tempestuous, just a good honest shower. On 5, Garcia taps in his short birdie putt, and he’s now only +1, six off the lead! Keep it up, Sergio, please. Please. He won’t keep it up, will he? I’m not falling into this trap again. 12.40pm: The wind is really getting up at Royal St George’s, so much so that balls have been gently oscillating on the greens. It’s not stopping Tom Watson, though, who is this close to rolling in a 25-footer for birdie on 3. Meanwhile SERGIO NEWS: on 5, he nearly holes his second, a short wedge that rolls an inch past the cup on the left and rests 18 inches away. He couldn’t, could he? Please. This is going to really annoy me when the wheels come off, as they surely will. “I’m going for Kaymer on penalties – sorry, in a play-off,” writes Gary Naylor, dipping into his Big Tome of Cheap But Amusing National Stereotypes (Guardian Books, 1986) . “And less of Monty being old – he’s younger than me!” And yet still way past his peak, Naylor, not as good as he used to be. But don’t feel too bad about it; at least you’re still making a small contribution to this year’s Open. 12.35pm: The amateur hero of the week, Tom Lewis, has just rolled a 50-foot eagle effort home on 7. He’s now -3, and four strokes ahead of his rival for the silver medal, the US amateur Peter Uihlein. Some more admin before we continue. This is the leaderboard as it stood at the end of the third round, and as it stands now. -5 Clarke (2.10pm) -4 Johnson (2.10pm) -2 Fowler (2pm) Bjorn (2pm) -1 Jimenez (1.50pm) Glover (1.50pm) Par Kim (1.40pm) Mickelson (1.40pm) Hansen (1.30pm) Coetzee (1.30pm) Love III (1.20pm) Kaymer (1.20pm) 12.30pm: A birdie for the Masters champion Charl Schwartzel on the 1st. Meanwhile SERGIO HAS JUST DRAINED AN 80-FOOTER FOR BIRDIE ON 3. A huge left-to-right break, judged perfectly! Good lord. He punches the air with his fist. The putt of the week? Along with Clarke’s eagle effort on 7 on Friday, yes. He’s +2 now, and on the move! Let me reiterate, because I’ll probably never have the chance to write this again: Sergio Garcia has just hit the putt of the week. McIlroy double bogeys the hole to drop back to +5, but let’s not take the wind out of our own sails here. 12.20pm: And we begin with early moves we like: Rory and Sergio have both birdied the 2nd to move to +3. “Am I correct in understanding that the planets aligned to give us Sergio and Rory paired up on the last day of The Open?” begins the extremely correct Ed Ed. “What’s the largest deficit ever made up to win an Open? If it’s fewer than 9 strokes, get ready for a run at a new record. Oh oh oh…..don’t know how I’ll be able to sit still through the front nine.” Paul Lawrie was ten shots behind Jean van de Velde going into the final day of the 1999 Open at Carnoustie. So in theory it’s on. You’d have to say they’re too far back, but let’s not be ruling anything out just yet. Right. Here we go… The weather: Blustery. Anything could happen, basically. I could have saved myself a lot of time and just posted that. Problem is, of course, there are some damn fine young golfers battling him for the prize. Clarke’s leading the field on -5, but the excellent if fragile Dustin Johnson is only one shot behind him at -4. Tucked in behind the leading duo, alongside Bjorn at -2, is the brilliant Rickie Fowler. Martin Kaymer, with one major already to his name, might have got his bad round out of the way yesterday, and is lurking on level par, alongside Anthony Kim, who has yet to deliver on his immense promise but has been quietly efficient all week. And then there’s Brian Wilson Lucas Glover, George Coetzee, Anders Hansen, Adam Scott, Zach Johnson, Chad Campbell… Or perhaps this is finally the moment for Thomas Bjorn, who threw away the 2003 Open here at Sandwich in a bunker at the 16th. Or is it the day of destiny for Cohiba-sucking horizontal Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez? Or – let’s not get too Eurocentric about this – perhaps the immensely likeable Phil Mickelson will finally put one of his trademark last-day charges together at a tournament he rarely features heavily in. Davis Love III? Tom Lehman? Tom Watson? A story, please. Give us a story. For the love of the golfing Gods, will one of you old buggers go out there and win it for us? “You know, maybe we’re just not good enough people to have a story this good happen to us.” So said legendary Sports Illustrated writer Dan Jenkins in the immediate aftermath of Tom Watson’s heartbreaking failure to win the 2009 Open at Turnberry as a 59 year old. Well, I hope you’ve all been well-behaved little girls and boys since then. Because Watson’s heroic near miss was the third in a triptych of toks to the teeth, following Colin Montgomerie’s fruitless pursuit of Tiger Woods at St Andrews in 2005 and Greg Norman’s brave attempts at Birkdale in 2008. We’re due one. Darren Clarke, 42 years old and full of steak and fine wines, step forward because this could be your time. The Open 2011 Golf The Open Scott Murray guardian.co.uk
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Lady O’Loan calls for an independent investigation across Ireland following the Cloyne report into abuse by priests Northern Ireland’s first police ombudsman and one of its most prominent Catholics has called for an island-wide independent investigation into clerical child abuse. Lady O’Loan’s call comes in the aftermath of the Cloyne report into priests who sexually abused children in the Co Cork diocese. The Archbishop of Cloyne, Dr Dermot Clifford, issued a written apology on Sunday to all victims of abuse which was read out at masses across the diocese. The report concluded that abuse allegations against priests in Cloyne had not been properly handled by the former bishop John Magee, who was a confidante to three popes when he worked for the Vatican in Rome. O’Loan told Radio Ulster this morning that children’s safety came before the cost of any such investigation. “I think what we need is an independent investigation system which would operate across the island of Ireland which would be funded by the bishops. It would be expensive but it would not be nearly as expensive as having children being abused.” O’Loan headed a number of highly controversial reports into the behaviour of police in Northern Ireland including a critical examination of how the Royal Ulster Constabulary mishandled the Omagh bomb inquiry – the single biggest atrocity of the Troubles. Her demand carries weight as O’Loan is a devout Catholic and a leading lay figure in the church in Northern Ireland. The letter from Clifford highlights “the consistent failure” to report allegations of abuse to gardaí and the health authorities. It was revealed that the Vatican backed the diocese in ignoring the Irish church’s own guidelines on child protection. Clifford’s letter tells the people of Cloyne that they are entitled to expect that all abuse complaints will be handled according to official church guidelines and he is truly sorry that this has not always been the case. Northern Ireland Catholicism Child protection Ireland Christianity Europe Henry McDonald guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Casey Anthony is a free woman. She was released from the Orange County jail shortly after midnight as protesters and throngs of media camped outside. Anthony got into an SUV in the company of her attorney Jose Baez, and neither said anything to reporters. Her lawyers have kept the 25-year-old’s…
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Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island shoots hot ash and debris 3,500 metres into the air, sending villagers racing to shelters A volatile volcano in central Indonesia has unleashed its most powerful eruption yet, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of metres into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late last week. A series of overnight blasts on Thursday and Friday claimed one life – a woman who suffered a heart attack as she fled. But Surono, a government volcanologist who uses only one name, said Sunday’s eruption at 10.35am has released the greatest amount of energy so far, shooting soot and debris 3,500 metres into the sky. “We’re hoping this helped ease pressure building up behind the magma dome and that we’ll now start seeing a reduction in activity,” he said. “But it’s too early to know.” More than 33,000 people live along the slopes of Mount Lokon, taking advantage of fertile soil to grow cloves and coffee. About 5,000 of them with homes nearest to the crater have been relocated in recent days to schools, mosques and other makeshift shelters near the base. Despite warnings that the mountain was still not safe, some had returned early on Sunday to tend to their crops and their livestock. The powerful explosion sent them racing back down the slopes, some jumping into cars and motorcycles, others rounded up by soldiers and police and escorted down in trucks. “It was huge,” said Henny Lalawi, who works as a picker for a coffee plantation. “It sounded like a bomb and then I saw the crater burst, sending ash high into the air. It was pretty awesome, really.” She said she’ll have to go back when things settle down. “It’s only ash, after all, and I need the work.” Mount Lokon is one of about 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 240 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the “Ring of Fire”, a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific Ocean. Indonesia Natural disasters and extreme weather guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Serviceman from 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) was shot while on a routine patrol in Helmand province A British soldier has been shot dead in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed on Sunday. The serviceman from 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) was killed while conducting a routine patrol with members of the Afghan national army yesterday, officials said. Next of kin have been informed. The MoD said an investigation was under way into reports that the soldier was shot by a member of the Afghan national army. The serviceman, who is yet to be named, was part of The Brigade Advisory Group carrying out a routine patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district. He was providing fire support for a unit of comrades from his Jackal vehicle when he was shot, according to the MoD. Lieutenant Colonel Tim Purbrick, spokesman for Task Force Helmand, said: “It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of a soldier from the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s). “The soldier was on a routine partnered patrol with the Afghan National Army in the Nahr-e Saraj District of Helmand Province, to engage with the local population, when the patrol came under small arms fire. “The soldier received a fatal gunshot wound during this incident. “A report that the fatal gunshot was fired by an Afghan National Army soldier is now the subject of a joint International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Security Force investigation. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the soldier’s family and friends.” Afghanistan Military guardian.co.uk
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