A SCOTS sniper who is believed to have shot a comrade he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan told an inquest he had not been trained to fire his rifle in the dark.
A SCOTS sniper who is believed to have shot a comrade he thought was a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan told an inquest he had not been trained to fire his rifle in the dark.
KILLED: Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard.
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Ruth Lumley
Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard, 22, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, was killed by a shot believed to have been fired from a remote observation post, or sangar, by Lance Corporal Malcolm Graham, of The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, who thought he was shooting at insurgents digging in the road.
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