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1 October 2008

'SOLDIER "SHOT BY BRITISH BULLET"

'An SAS soldier who died fighting insurgents in Iraq was shot by a type of bullet used by British troops, an inquest has heard.

'Sgt Jonathan Hollingsworth was shot in the chest with a 5.56mm bullet while storming an apartment block in Basra on 24 November 2006.

'The 35-year-old died later in a military hospital.

'The inquest at Hereford Town Hall heard it was "well known" insurgents had access to British bullets.'

(BBC Ceefax, p.114)