At least 15 Belgian soldiers were injured during a shooting exercise taking place in Scotland on Monday, Belgium’s Ministry of Defence announced. The country’s Defence Minister, Theo Francken, took to social media to confirm the incident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said: “They were on an exercise and something went wrong. We do everything to train, train and protect our personnel as best we can, but sometimes things don’t go as planned.”<\/p>\n
Three of the injured soldiers have been taken to hospital, with their condition unknown. According to Sudinfo<\/a>, two of those hospitalised have serious injuries.<\/p>\n The country’s defence ministry said in a statement: “They received first aid and were then transferred to a local hospital. In addition, a dozen soldiers suffered hearing damage.<\/p>\n “An investigation has been launched to find out the exact circumstances of the incident.”<\/p>\n The incident took place during Exercise Red Condor, which is part of the operational preparation of the Belgian 3rd Parachute Battalion.<\/p>\n We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.<\/strong>
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