A senior British Army officer and six other military personnel survived attack when a tethered donkey laden with explosives was detonated as their armoured vehicle passed in southern Afghanistan. Michael Evans reports for The Times.
The huge explosion showered the soldier standing on "top cover" out of the Mastiff's turret with donkey entrails and blood, and the sight was so gruesome that the rest of those in the vehicle thought he had been mortally wounded in the blast, south of Garmsir in southern Helmand province.
"I'm all right, I'm all right," he shouted, according to one of the officers at the incident who spoke to The Times, giving the first account of the incident.
Continues at: timesonline.co.uk - Donkey 'suicide' bombing is latest tactic against patrols
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