How One British Sniper Was Able To Kill 6 Afghan Taliban Fighters With Just One Shot

Deadly: How the lance corporal from the Coldstream Guards took down six insurgents with a single shot

British Sniper Kills Six Taliban Fighters With A Single Bullet: Rifle Round Triggers Explosive Vest Worn By His Target -- Daily Mail

* Record-breaking shot was fired by a Coldstream Guards marksman
* Was on one of the last missions by British troops in Afghanistan
* Sniper, who cannot be named, was intercepting a suicide bomber
* Commanders feared insurgent wanted to blow himself up at a UK base

With a Taliban fighter looming in his sights half a mile away, the British sniper knew a clean shot would take down his enemy.

What he could not have known was that the single bullet he fired would account for five more insurgents.

But, incredibly, his rifle round triggered the explosive vest worn by his target, killing all those around him.

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My Comment: Talk about a fluke shot. I would also wager that this British sniper must have been surprised when the vest blew up killing his other targets.