Killed Brit soldiers repatriated
Three British soldiers killed when the armoured vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan last month have been repatriated.
British soldiers killed in Afghan bomb repatriated
The bodies of three soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week will be repatriated later today.
Corporal William Thomas Savage and Fusilier Samuel Flint, from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and Private Robert Murray Hetherington from 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland will be flown back to the UK later today.
The were killed when their Mastiff armoured vehicle hit an IED on a routine patrol in Helmand province on April 30.
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