The four were killed in a Snatch Land Rover in 2008 The coroner at an inquest into the death of four British soldiers in a blast in Afghanistan has pointed to "inadequacies" in their bomb training.Coroner David Masters said the deaths highlighted the problems of the Snatch Land Rover in which they died in 2008. Verdicts of unlawful killing were recorded for Cpl Sarah Bryant and SAS reservists Cpl Sean Reeve, L/Cpl Richard Larkin and Pte Paul Stout. Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell said "serious questions" had been raised. Cpl Bryant is the only British female soldier to have died in Afghanistan. Her parents said they did not want the issues raised in the inquest to detract from her "bravery, dedication and selflessness". Mr Masters, coroner for Swindon and Wiltshire, said he was planning to write to MoD regarding the issues raised at the inquest. Equipment shortagesThe inquest heard soldiers had not been shown how to use metal detectors in the UK due to an equipment shortage.[Read more...]