Two British soldiers shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform have been named as Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles.
Lt Drummond-Baxter, who lived in County Durham, was on his first deployment to Afghanistan.
L/Cpl Kunwar, 28, from Pokhara, Nepal, and Lt Drummond-Baxter were attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines and were attending a meeting with Afghan uniformed policemen at Check Point Prrang in Nahr-e Saraj when one of the men opened fire, the Ministry of Defence said.
