US soldier killed in Kuwait drill

Published February 28, 2002

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 27: An American soldier was killed on Wednesday during a military training mission in the northern Kuwaiti desert, close to Iraq, the US embassy said.

“A US army soldier was killed today at approximately 5.10am from a gunshot wound to the head,” the embassy said in a statement.

“The soldier was assigned to a training area in the desert approximately 40km northwest of Kuwait City in support of Operation Desert Spring,” it said. The soldier was pronounced dead at the scene.—AFP

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