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Sounds scarily sorta-kinda the last incident....
Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery
AUS Def Force news release, 9 Nov 11Three Australian soldiers were seriously wounded and two of their Afghan partners sustained minor wounds when an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier opened fire with an automatic weapon and a grenade launcher in eastern Uruzgan on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 (local Afghan time).
The soldiers were members of Mentoring Task Force -3 (MTF-3), operating with their Afghan partners at a patrol base in the Charmestan region, north-east of Tarin Kot.
The five wounded soldiers were treated at the scene then aero medically evacuated to hospital at Multi National Base – Tarin Kot.
The three Australians were subsequently transferred to the ISAF Role 3 medical facility at Kandahar Airfield for emergency treatment.
The Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley said the three Australian soldiers remained in a serious condition.
“The wounded soldiers’ families have now been informed and Defence is working to support them.
“Assisting the families is always our highest priority following the treatment and care of the wounded,” General Hurley said.
The two Afghan soldiers are listed as satisfactory.
The offending ANA soldier, who was a member of the 3rd Kandak, fled in an ANA vehicle.
He was pursued by ANA members at the patrol base and an operation is under way to apprehend him.
“Immediately following the incident Brigadier General Mohammed Zafar Khan ordered that members of the 3rd Kandak at Patrol Base Nasir be disarmed and confined to barracks,” General Hurley said.
MTF personnel from a nearby patrol base have moved forward to Patrol Base Nasir to provide security and overwatch.
Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery