A Bloody Day For British Soldiers In Afghanistan

Flowers For Six Brothers In Arms: A Poignant Tribute After Murderous Taliban Blast Takes Britain's Afghan Death Toll Past 400

* Group had only started their tour a week earlier and were on a mounted patrol in the Helmand Province when Warrior armoured vehicle was struck
* Five soldiers from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment and one from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment were killed
* It was either hit by an improvised explosive device or possibly an anti-tank mine left by Russian soldiers decades ago
* Army's fleet of Warriors was due for a £1 billion upgrade following safety concerns but it had not yet taken place
* Flowers pile up outside their barracks at Warminster, Wiltshire

A simple posy clasped in his powerful hands, one soldier sums up a nation’s grief.

The burly squaddie fought back tears as he delivered his tribute to six comrades blown up by a Taliban bomb.

It is less than a month since members of the 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment left for Afghanistan.

Yesterday the flowers were piling up outside their barracks at Warminster, Wiltshire, after one of the deadliest incidents in a decade of conflict.

It brought the British death toll in Afghanistan to 404.

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Massacred in the dark -- The Sun
Six soldiers killed in highest British casualty incident of Afghanistan war -- Irish Times
Death toll of British soldiers in Afghanistan passes 400 -- The Guardian
Cameron and Miliband pay tribute to soldiers -- BBC
Afghanistan: Blast kills six Britons in ‘safest’ Warrior -- Scotsman
The Bloodiest Day: Blast Kills Six British Soldiers As Toll Passes 400 -- Independent
Six killed in biggest loss of life to enemy action in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Six UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan explosion -- BBC
Six soldiers killed in Afghanistan explosion: latest -- The Telegraph
6 UK troops believed killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Six British soldiers killed in Afghan blast -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Six British soldiers 'feared dead' in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
6 UK troops killed in Afghanistan -- AP
6 British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
6 British troops presumed killed in Afghanistan explosion -- L.A. Times
Six UK soldiers believed killed in Afghanistan blast -- Christian Science Monitor