Coroner blames death of soldier in Afghanistan on equipment and military chiefs 'should hang heads in shame'

telegraph.co.uk

Oct. 17, 2008

A coroner has blamed the death of soldier Corporal Mark Wright in a minefield in Afghanistan on a lack of equipment and said British military chiefs "should hang their heads in shame".

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