Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe killed by roadside bomb amid fears that the Taliban are using more powerful devices Photo: MOD From The Telegraph:
Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, 40, the commanding officer of the Welsh Guards, died after his Viking armoured vehicle was blown up by a substantial roadside bomb that killed another British soldier and wounded six others.
The second soldier was named as Tpr Joshua Hammond of the 2 Royal Tank Regiment.
A high level inquiry is now underway as to why the officer was travelling in a Viking, which were supposed to be restricted to low risk areas pending its replacement by the more heavily armoured Warthog vehicle next year.
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