Five British soldiers shot dead by rogue Afghanistan policeman

Nov 4th, 2009 - Telegraph

Related content:

Three Grenadier Guards and two Royal Military Police were attacked as they rested inside a compound.

The soldiers, who had removed their body armour and helmets, were shot by an Afghan national policeman who then fled. It is not known whether he was a member of the Taliban or being coerced by the insurgents.

The gunman is thought to go by the name Gulbuddin and is believed to have had an accomplice.

There are also suggestions that he had animosity towards his superiors after being repeatedly moved around the country as part of his duties.

Read the whole story on Telegraph or try our Toolbar

blog comments powered by Disqus

British forces hunt rogue Afghan policeman
Nov 5th, 2009 - Telegraph
Surveillance drones, M16 intelligence officers and special forces liaison officers have all been drafted in to find the officer named as Gulbuddin. Satellite imagery and...
Betrayed: Murder of five of five British soldiers casts doubt on Afghanistan ...
Nov 5th, 2009 - Telegraph
Three Grenadier Guards and two members of the Royal Military Police were shot dead by a police officer who entered their secure compound in Helmand province. Six others were seriously wounded alongside two Afghans.
Afghan policeman kills UK soldiers
Nov 4th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Five British soldiers have been shot dead in Helmand Province, by a "rogue" Afghan policeman who Gordon Brown has said may have been a Taliban sympathiser. The soldiers...
Key role of 'Red Caps' in Afghanistan
Nov 4th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Six RMP soldiers died in Iraq in 2003 in a police station attack The deaths of five British soldiers at the hands of a "rogue" Afghan policeman in Helmand Province...
5 British soldiers killed in south Afghanistan
Nov 4th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
KABUL — Britain's defense ministry says five British soldiers have been killed in a gunfire attack in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. Afghan authorities say the attacker was a policeman.