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Soldiers' bodies flown home

Soldiers' bodies flown home

The bodies of six UK servicemen - five of whom were shot by a "rogue" Afghan policeman - have been flown home.Guardsman Jimmy Major, Warrant Officer Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Cpl Steven Boote and Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith died in last Tuesday's incident.The coffins arrived at RAF Lyneham, Wilts, along with that of Sgt Phillip Scott, who died in a blast on Thursday.After a private service for families, a cortege will then pass through nearby Wootton Bassett.Jon Kay reports.

BBC | November 10, 2009Watch more videos from BBC

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