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An Italian soldier was killed Monday and two others were
wounded in an explosion at a police training camp in Adraskan in
western Afghanistan, Italy's defense ministry said.
The explosion hit "an observation hut near a shooting
range", the ministry said in a statement, without giving further details
on what caused the blast.
Manuele Braj, 30, who was married with an
eight-month-old baby, was killed instantly. Two other Italian soldiers
were wounded to the legs but are out of danger. All three belonged to
the Police Specialty Training Team (PSTT).
Afghanistan Western region police spokesman
Raouf Ahmadi said, however, that there was no sign of an attack, and the
soldier died when a grenade went off inside a watchtower at the base.
The blast area has been isolated while officials carry out an investigation into the explosion, the ministry said.
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