Tributes for three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan bomb attack

Corporal William Thomas Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint and Private Robert Murray Hetherington Credit: MoD

Family and friends have tonight paid tribute to the British soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Corporal William Savage, Fusilier Samuel Flint and Private Robert Hetherington were travelling in a Mastiff armoured vehicle when it hit a roadside bomb on a routine patrol in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand Province, yesterday.

They were airlifted to the military hospital at Camp Bastion where it was confirmed that they had been killed in action, the Ministry of Defence said.

ITV News Correspondent Martin Geissler reports:

Corporal William Thomas Savage

Fusilier Samuel Flint

Fusilier Samuel Flint, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland. Credit: MoD

Private Robert Murray Hetherington

Private Robert Murray Hetherington, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Credit: MoD