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April 2, 2013

U.S. Soldier Fatally Stabbed in the Neck by Afghan Teen 
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A U.S. soldier killed last week in Afghanistan was stabbed in the neck
by an Afghan teenager believed to be about 16 years old, U.S. officials
confirmed Monday. The Pentagon had said in a statement last week that
Sgt. Michael Cable died of injuries sustained when his unit came under
attack by enemy forces. But unnamed U.S. officials told the Associated
Press Cable had been playing with a group of Afghan children in an
eastern province when the teenager stabbed him. Cable was one of 14 U.S.
service members killed in March, an uptick from the total of four in the
previous two months.

 

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