Danish soldier killed by roadside bomb south of Basra

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COPENHAGEN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - A Danish soldier was killed in southern Iraq on Saturday after his patrol vehicle hit a bomb by the side of the road south of the city of Basra, the Danish central army command said.

"I can confirm that one Danish soldier was killed by a roadside bomb south of Basra when his vehicle, one of three travelling together, was hit," a Danish army spokesman told Reuters, adding that one other soldier was seriously injured in the incident and seven others suffered slight injuries.

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