British soldier executed

From The Sun on the 5th of july.

By VIRGINIA WHEELER, Defence Editor
and DAVID WILLETTS, Defence Correspondent

Edited by Nicole Blok

Rifleman Scott McLaren, 20, was ambushed and then executed with a shot to the back of the head after finishing sentry duty and wandering off his Afghan checkpoint at 2am on Monday morning.

His disappearance in an area riddled with deadly IEDs and full of Taliban sparked the biggest manhunt by UK troops for a British soldier of the entire conflict.

Scott's body was found less than 12 hours after he vanished.

An insider said: "It's our worst nightmare - one of our soldiers was captured by the Taliban and executed. It appears as if our worst fears are confirmed, and he is now the first British serviceman to be kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan in this ten-year war.



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