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Briton shot dead by Taliban
Ed Harris, Evening Standard29.07.08
A British soldier who died from a single gunshot wound has become the 113th UK serviceman to be killed in Afghanistan.
The soldier from the 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland was shot as he took part in a foot patrol in Helmand province yesterday.
He was taken to hospital for treatment by helicopter after the group he was with came under fire from the Taliban in the Marjah area, west of Lashkar Gah, but died.
Next of kin have been informed and it is expected that he will be named today or tomorrow morning.
