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Soldier shot in ‘live firing incident’ at RAF base in Scotland | Soldier shot in ‘live firing incident’ at RAF base in Scotland |
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One person is thought to have died during a “live-firing” training exercise at an RAF bombing range in Scotland. | One person is thought to have died during a “live-firing” training exercise at an RAF bombing range in Scotland. |
Police have sealed off the area following the incident. Unconfirmed reports suggest one person has died and another is injured at the Tain bombing range, 30 miles north of Inverness. | |
Police Scotland confirmed they were called to the defence facility at about 17:55. Officers were still at the scene four hours later. | |
An army spokeswoman confirmed that defence officials were dealing with an incident. | An army spokeswoman confirmed that defence officials were dealing with an incident. |
She told The Independent: “We are aware of an incident at the Tain base, near Inverness. | She told The Independent: “We are aware of an incident at the Tain base, near Inverness. |
”We will release more information as and when it becomes available. It would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this point." | ”We will release more information as and when it becomes available. It would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this point." |
The Tain range is used by tri-service, US Air Force and other Nato air forces for bombing and strafing practice. | |
It has 18 separate targets suitable for a variety of weapons and different delivery methods. |
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