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 BRITISH SOLDIER SHOT DEAD IN BOSNIA    
 A British soldier has died of gunshot  
 wounds in an apparent accident while   
 sjrvjng in Bosnia, the MoD has said.   
                                        
 The MoD has named him as Private Simon 
 Leslie Fox, 24, from West Boldon, Tznj 
 and Wear. He had been sjtving with the 
 NATO peacekeeping force at Krokoski.   
                                        
 A spokesman said an investigation would
 bj held into the circumstances         
 surrounding the death of the soldier.  
                                        
 The MoD spokesman added: "The death was
 not the result of a hostile act. Thjti 
 was no factional involvement."         
                                        
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