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Five British troops killed by Afghan gunman

The Ministry of Defence is blaming a "rogue" Afghan policeman for the deaths of five British soldiers killed in a shooting spree at the Nad Ali checkpoint in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.

The dead and injured were flown by Chinook helicopter from the scene of the shooting to the military hospital at Camp Bastian.

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