Same weapon killed 7 UK soldiers in Iraq -inquest

Same weapon killed 7 UK soldiers in Iraq -inquest
21 Dec 2007 18:25:45 GMT

LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Seven British soldiers
shot dead in Iraq this year were probably killed by
the same sniper using the same U.S.-made weapon,
a British coroner said on Friday.

The coroner, David Masters, was speaking a day after
recording a verdict of unlawful killing in the death
of Rodney Wilson, a British soldier shot by insurgents
while on patrol in the southern Iraqi city of Basra
in June.

Masters said evidence given during Wilson's inquest
showed that six other British soldiers killed in the
three months before Masters were more than likely
killed by the same sniper using the same weapon.

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The weapon was probably an M16 or an M4 Carbine,
both high-powered U.S.-made assault rifles, he said.

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Masters said evidence given during Wilson's inquest
showed that six other British soldiers killed in the
three months before Masters were more than likely
killed by the same sniper using the same weapon.

The weapon was probably an M16 or an M4 Carbine,
both high-powered U.S.-made assault rifles, he said.