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The base was hit by sustained mortar and artillery fire, our correspondent, who is in the area, says.
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Cpl Andrew Roberts, 32, from Middlesbrough, died in a mortar attack on a base in Helmand province in May.
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Cpl Andrew Roberts from Middlesbrough, and Fiji-born Pte Ratu Silibaravi were killed in a mortar attack on their base in Helmand province in May 2012.
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The plan was to relieve another squad occupying a mud-walled compound and retaliate against insurgent mortar teams hitting the patrol base.
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He died alongside Fiji-born Pte Ratu Silibaravi, 32, when a mortar round hit their operating base in the northern part of the Nahr-e Saraj district.
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The joint inquest was told that the pair suffered horrific injuries when a mortar smashed into their operating base in the northern part of the Nahr-e Saraj district.
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One mortar landed inside the perimeter fence of the base after being fired from a parked van.
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