Three British troops in Iraq have been killed in an attack, the government said Thursday.
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram told the House of Commons that the soldiers were part of an 850-strong unit recently redeployed from southern Iraq to the U.S.-controlled zone near Baghdad.
The three deaths bring the number of British troops killed in Iraq to 73.
Ingram told the Commons it was difficult to "establish a clear picture of events and precise details of what has happened."
"I very much regret that I can confirm to the House that in an attack on British forces in the Black Watch area of operations we have suffered a number of casualties including three fatalities," the minister said.
"U.S. forces helped to provide urgent medical support at the scene of the incident, something for which I know our forces are grateful," he dded, according to The AP. (albawaba.com)
