- Title: IRAQ: TWO GUARDS KILLED AS BRITISH CONSULATE CONVOY ATTACKED
- Date: 31st July 2005
- Summary: (BN09) BASRA, IRAQ (JULY 30, 2005 )(REUTERS - PICTURE AND AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING) 1. SLV/SCU BRITISH SOLDIER IN FIRING POSITION 0.06 2. SLV DAMAGED SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE OF BRITISH CONSULATE, WHICH WAS HIT BY BOMB; SLV IRAQI POLICE AND BRITISH SOLDIERS NEAR SITE; SLV DAMAGED VEHICLE; SLV BRITISH SOLDIERS AND IRAQI POLICE STANDING AND TALKING; S
- Embargoed: 15th August 2005 13:00
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- Location: BASRA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA2XXGVHJM4UQ6LFL6WG4G4Z5W0
- Story Text: British consulate convoy attacked in Basra, two guards killed.
A British consulate vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near the
southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday (July 30, 2005), killing two Britons
working for a private security firm, according to the UK consulate and the company.
Karen McLuskie with the consulate in Basra said the attack occurred at
9.30 a.m. (0530 GMT) as the convoy was passing on the southwestern edge of the
port city.
The two killed were security contractors employed by Control Risks
Group and both were British citizens, said Peter Stevenson, a spokesman for
the London-based security company.
No further details were available.
The British embassy in Baghdad said an investigation had been launched
into the incident.
It was not clear if anyone else was injured in the blast.
Reuters television footage showed a dark blue sport utility vehicle
with smashed panelling and blood on a side window. Iraqi police and British
forces were at the scene.
Basra, Iraq's second largest city, has been relatively calm over the
past 1-1/2 years, although there have been occasional outbreaks of violence.
British forces are responsible for security in the city and towns in southern
Iraq.
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