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| Funeral of British Muslim Army hero |
| 2006-07-08 |
| The funeral of a British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan is taking place in his home city. The service in memory of Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi, one of two soldiers killed last Saturday, is due to be held at a mosque in the Small Heath area of Birmingham. L/Cpl Hashmi, a member of the Intelligence Corps serving with the 3 Para Battle Group, was killed in Sangin, Helmand Province, in an attack which claimed the life of Corporal Peter Thorpe. Both men's bodies were flown back to Britain on Friday and relatives of L/Cpl Hashmi, 24, and Cpl Thorpe, 27, were at RAF Brize Norton for the repatriation ceremony. Pakistan-born L/Cpl Hashmi was the first British Muslim to be killed in the "war on terror" and was described by his uncle as a "hero of Islam". |
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