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| 2014-04-01 |
A British sniper in Afghanistan killed six turbans with a single bullet after hitting the trigger switch of a jacket wallah whose device then went kaboom!, The Telegraph has learnt. The 20-year-old marksman, a Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards, hit his target from 930 yards (850 metres) away, killing the suicide bomber and five others around him caught in the blast. The incident in Kakaran in southern Afghanistan happened in December but has only now been disclosed as Britannia moves towards the withdrawal of all combat soldiers by the end of the year. Lt Col Richard Slack, commanding officer of 9/12 Royal Lancers, said the unnamed sharpshooter prevented a major attack by the Taliban, as a second boom jacket packed with 20kg (44lbs) of explosives was found nearby. The same sniper, with his first shot on the tour of duty, killed a Taliban machine-gunner from 1,465 yards (1,340m). |
| Posted by:Mercutio |
| #3 *BLUSH* |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2014-04-01 14:38 |
| #2 Love your headline, Mercutio! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-04-01 09:41 |
| #1 Gun control at its finest. |
| Posted by: Steven 2014-04-01 02:28 |