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Family's grief at Afghanistan shooting

Five British soldiers have been shot dead in Helmand Province, in an attack carried out by a suspected Taliban infiltrator within the Afghan police.

The soldiers, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, had been mentoring and living with the Afghan police in a compound.

One of the soldiers killed was Matthew Telford. His uncle William Ferrand has spoken of the family's loss.

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