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| Welsh soldier among five killed | Welsh soldier among five killed |
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| One of five soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer has been named in the press as a corporal from Pembrokeshire. | One of five soldiers killed in an attack by an Afghan police officer has been named in the press as a corporal from Pembrokeshire. |
| Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, of the Royal Military Police, was shot by a rogue police officer in Afghanistan's Helmand province. | |
| Another member of the Royal Military Police and three Grenadier Guards also died in Tuesday's incident. | Another member of the Royal Military Police and three Grenadier Guards also died in Tuesday's incident. |
| Cpl Webster-Smith's mother and sister have been informed of his death. | Cpl Webster-Smith's mother and sister have been informed of his death. |
| The other four soldiers who died in the attack were Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Acting Cpl Steven Boote | The other four soldiers who died in the attack were Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Acting Cpl Steven Boote |
| They had been mentoring Afghan police in Helmand province. | They had been mentoring Afghan police in Helmand province. |
| They had been working and living in a compound at a national police checkpoint in the Nad Ali district for the last two weeks. | They had been working and living in a compound at a national police checkpoint in the Nad Ali district for the last two weeks. |
| Six British servicemen and two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers were also injured in the attack. | Six British servicemen and two Afghan National Police (ANP) officers were also injured in the attack. |