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Soldiers' bodies are flown home
Martin Bentham12 Mar 2009
The bodies of the two British soldiers shot dead in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA were today flown home for burial.
The remains of Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from Wood Green, and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, were flown in a military plane after a ceremony at Massereene barracks in Antrim, where they died on Saturday.
The return of the soldiers' bodies came after Sir Hugh Orde, the chief constable of Northern Ireland police, and his Irish Republic equivalent, Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, met in Belfast for talks on how to fight the renewed IRA threat.
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I hope these returning soldiers are given the same ceremonial welcome as those who return from further afield.
- Angiers, Brighton, UK, 12/03/2009 21:44
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