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2 December 2010
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Aid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by a US soldier sent to rescue her, a joint US-UK investigation has found.
Ms Norgrove, 36, from Lewis, Scotland, was taken hostage in Afghanistan in September. She died on 8 October.
It had been thought she was killed by her captors.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said US soldiers had been disciplined for not informing commanders immediately the grenade was the suspected cause.
He revealed the results of the probe in a statement to the House of Commons.
An inquest into Ms Norgrove's death was opened and adjourned by Wiltshire coroner David Ridley in Salisbury in October.
Mr Hague said US special forces had not immediately notified officers further up the chain of command about the grenade.
He said this was in breach of military law and a number of soldiers had been disciplined.
Before making his statement, Mr Hague met with the Scottish aid worker's parents John and Lorna Norgrove.
The foreign secretary said that with the agreement of the prime minister he had agreed to a rescue bid because of fears for Ms Norgrove's safety.
He said the operation was launched by highly experienced personnel in extreme mountain terrain.
After being dropped off by two helicopters, the team moved along a narrow ledge.
Gully grenade Mr Hague said it was believed Ms Norgrove was being held in buildings higher up a mountain.
A soldier fearing for his life, and those of his colleagues, threw a grenade into a gully from where her captors were attacking them.
They later found Ms Norgrove in the gully.
She had been working for American-based aid organisation Development Alternatives Inc (DAI).
On 26 September, she was kidnapped in the Dewagal valley in the Kunar province while looking into the development of agricultural projects in the east of Afghanistan.
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Ms Norgrove, 36, from Lewis, Scotland, was taken hostage in Afghanistan in September. She died on 8 October.
It had been thought she was killed by her captors.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said US soldiers had been disciplined for not informing commanders immediately the grenade was the suspected cause.
He revealed the results of the probe in a statement to the House of Commons.
An inquest into Ms Norgrove's death was opened and adjourned by Wiltshire coroner David Ridley in Salisbury in October.
Mr Hague said US special forces had not immediately notified officers further up the chain of command about the grenade.
He said this was in breach of military law and a number of soldiers had been disciplined.
Before making his statement, Mr Hague met with the Scottish aid worker's parents John and Lorna Norgrove.
The foreign secretary said that with the agreement of the prime minister he had agreed to a rescue bid because of fears for Ms Norgrove's safety.
He said the operation was launched by highly experienced personnel in extreme mountain terrain.
After being dropped off by two helicopters, the team moved along a narrow ledge.
Gully grenade Mr Hague said it was believed Ms Norgrove was being held in buildings higher up a mountain.
A soldier fearing for his life, and those of his colleagues, threw a grenade into a gully from where her captors were attacking them.
They later found Ms Norgrove in the gully.
She had been working for American-based aid organisation Development Alternatives Inc (DAI).
On 26 September, she was kidnapped in the Dewagal valley in the Kunar province while looking into the development of agricultural projects in the east of Afghanistan.
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