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The Malaysian government and Defence Ministry have conveyed condolences following the deaths of two Army personnel in a grenade-throwing training accident at a firing range in Kedah.
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The Malaysian Army has named two service members who lost their lives in a grenade training explosion at Hobart Camp in Gurun, Kedah. Both died en route to hospital.
A British Army personnel died in a training accident in northern Iraq on Sunday, Defence Secretary John Healey announced in the House of Commons on Monday, as the soldier's family requested privacy.