Body of a Czech soldier killed in Afghanistan returns to the Czech Republic

The body of a Czech soldier killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan this week has been repatriated. The first Czech soldier to be killed in action was a victim of a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan on Monday. He will be promoted in memoriam to the rank of lieutenant. The Defence Minister, Vlasta Parkanová, will also bestow on him the Cross of Merit of the highest degree.

Two other Czech soldiers were injured in on Monday, one of them seriously. The attack killed ten other NATO soldiers, all of whom were part of a special anti-terrorist unit within the NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces operating in the country.