Three Belgian soldiers rushed to hospital after 'shooting incident' in Scotland left 15 injured

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By FREYA BARNES

Published: 15:42 EDT, 12 May 2025 | Updated: 15:46 EDT, 12 May 2025

Three Belgian soldiers were rushed to infirmary connected Monday aft 15 were wounded successful a 'shooting incident' during a subject workout successful Scotland, Belgium's defence ministry said.

'They received archetypal assistance and were past transferred to a section hospital. In addition, a twelve soldiers suffered proceeding damage,' a connection said, without giving much item connected their condition.

It added: 'An probe has been launched to find retired the nonstop circumstances of the incident.'

Three Belgian soldiers were hospitalised Monday aft being wounded successful a 'shooting incident' during a subject workout successful Scotland, Belgium's defence ministry said (stock image)

The ministry said that the families of the injured soldiers had been informed of the incident.

The soldiers were from Belgium's 3rd parachute battalion and were taking portion successful the Red Condor workout supported by Britain's defence ministry.

In a societal media post, Belgium's Defence Minister, Theo Francken: said: 'They were connected an workout and thing went wrong. 

'We bash everything to train, bid and support our unit arsenic champion we can, but sometimes things don't spell arsenic planned.'

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