One of the two Britons killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan last night had been living in Limavady, it has emerged.
Simon Chase, oringially from Liverpool, had been living in the town with his partner and young child and was believed to have been working with the United Nations in the Afghan capital Kabul.
James McCorkell, deputy mayor of Limavady, said the former British soldier was “very popular” and had a wide circle in the area and news of his death had “gutted” the town,
Twenty-one people in total were killed in the gun and bomb attack at the Taverna du Liban Lebanese restaurant in Kabul.
Also killed was well-known British Labour Party member Del Singh, a candidate in the European Election.
A suicide attacker detonated his explosives outside the gate of the heavily fortified restaurant before two gunmen entered the restaurant and started “indiscriminately killing” people inside.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.
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