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4 British marines killed in Afghanistan blasts

US troops kill 4 Afghans on bus, 7 others die in Afghan violence

AFP, AP, London/ Kabul
Four British troops were killed in two separate explosions Friday in troubled southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.
“Four Royal Marines were killed in two separate incidents in the Sangin area of Helmand province this morning." the MoD said in a statement.
In the explosion, which occurred south of die town of Sangin. three marines - two from 45 Commando and one from Commando logistics Regiment - were killed.
They were taking part in a routine operation against enemy forces in the area," the MoD said.
One marine died instantly, a second died of his wounds before he could be evacuated and the third died of his wounds in the hospital at Camp Bastion, Britain's main base in Afghanistan.
British newspapers said Saturday that a 13-year-old boy was pushing a wheelbarrow in which a bomb was hidden.
Reports said the teenager also died but it was unknown whether the bomb was detonated remotely.
The other explosion took place in the Sangin area.’ One soldier from 45 Commando, who was taking part in a routine patrol, was killed as a result. He died of his wounds while being taken to Camp Bastion.
The next of kin have been informed.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to the soldiers killed.
"Fighting die Taliban in Afghanistan puts our armed forces in the front line against terrorism. 1 know that the whole country is immensely proud of all those who serve in our armed forces and what they do to protect each and every one of us."
the deaths take to 132 the total number of British service personnel killed in Afghanistan since 2001, when US-led forces ousted the Taliban in the wake of the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington.
They are the first since two Royal
Marines from 42 Commando were killed on November 27. They were shot at by insurgents while on foot patrol northwest of Lashkar Gar in 1 lelmand Province.
Meanwhile, a police officer and six militants have been killed in military operations in southern Afghanistan, the US-led and Afghan forces said yesterday.
The police officer died in a gun battle Friday set off when the two forces raided a manufacturing and storage facility for explosives in the southern province of Helmand, the coalition said.
US troops opened fire on a bus carry-ing civilians Friday in central Afghanistan, killing four passengers after their driver refused to stop, officials said.
A spokesman for Nato's International Security Assistance Force said the bus was heading toward 20 troops on foot patrol on a highway in central Wardak province. The troops first fired warning rounds in the air to stop the vehicle, then shot into the engine block. The bus kept coming, so they opened fire on the vehicle in self-defence.