A member of an elite French commando unit was killed on Monday in Iraq while "supporting an Iraqi unit in an anti-terrorist operation", President Emmanuel Macron's office said Tuesday.

Sergeant Nicolas Mazier, an air force paratrooper, “fell in combat while carrying out his mission”, during a firefight lasting 5 hours.

  • zoe@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    probably Legion étrangère, those are always amongst the first exposed to danger. rip