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Roadside Bomb Injures Two Australian Soldiers
Department of Defence Media Mail List
DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
An improvised explosive device (IED) has been used to target a dismounted patrol from the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF-2) in southern Afghanistan on Monday, 2 November.
The device wounded
two Australian soldiers and an Afghan National Army soldier.
The patrol also came under small arms gun fire after the IED
detonated.
Immediate first aid was provided to the
wounded soldiers on the ground before they were
aero-medically evacuated to an International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) medical facility at Tarin
Kowt.
The soldiers suffered non-life threatening
wounds and are in a stable condition.
Due to
medical-in-confidence matters and ongoing operations,
additional information will not be provided.
The
Australian soldiers’ immediate family have been
informed.
This incident highlights the ongoing danger
posed by road-side bombs which indiscriminately target
security forces and the Afghan
population.
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