Soldier may have died following ‘rough treatment’ on exercise

The soldier who died after becoming ill following a training exercise may have been severely beaten, news agency ANP said on Wednesday, quoting military union sources.


The 20-year-old fell into a coma after being taken ill during an exercise involving self-defence techniques and died of bleeding in his brain on Tuesday.
The cause of his injuries is being investigated.

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