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British Army sergeant killed in fatal shooting accident on training area

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A sergeant has been killed in a shooting accident on a training area, the British Army has said. The soldier was wounded during a live firing exercise at the Castlemartin Training Area in Pembrokeshire, and died on Thursday night.

It is believed that the man, who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was a member of the Welsh Guards. The soldier was training with live ammunition ahead of a planned deployment to Iraq this summer.

Friends have paid tribute to him on social media and his heartbroken dad said he died “doing the job he loved”, the Sun reports.

In a heart-breaking message on Facebook he wrote: “Absolutely devastated to be writing this post, probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. “At 3.45 this morning I received a phone

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