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Sources: One German soldier killed, nine wounded in Afghan violence
Feb 18, 2011, 11:12 GMT
Berlin - One German soldier has been killed and nine wounded in a violent incident on Friday in Afghanistan, defence sources in Berlin told the German Press Agency dpa.
German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg was tight- lipped with reporters, saying only, 'I bear the responsibility for soldiers on deployment, as a sad incident today demonstrates yet again.'
Sources said it appeared an Afghan soldier had gone on a shooting spree against Germans.
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