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A Barkhane soldier dies by accident

(B2) A soldier of the 2nd regiment of hussars of the army died following an accident in the night from Saturday to Sunday, we learned this Sunday (December 9). It was on the Aguelal base in Niger that Chief Brigadier Karim El Arabi was the victim of a vehicle accident. " He was not engaged in an operational activity at the time of the events “, takes great care to specify the staff of the armies. Despite rapid medical attention to the American military hospital in Agadez, he died of his injuries. An investigation is currently underway into the exact circumstances of his death.

(NGV)

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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