25-year-Old, and father of a child, brigadier-chef Andy Fila belonged to the 14th regiment of infantry, and logistics support paratrooper in Toulouse.
A French soldier died in an accident maintenance in Mali, where the force is deployed antidjihadiste Barkhane, said the staff of the armed forces on Friday.
“While he was performing maintenance on a refrigeration unit of the base Kossei in n’djamena, Chad brigadier-chef Andy Fila, electromechanical refrigeration of the force Barkhane, was fatally hit by the explosion” of a gas bottle, said the press release. He died of his injuries. A military investigation has been opened.
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25-year-Old, and father of a child, brigadier-chef Andy Fila belonged to the 14th regiment of infantry, and logistics support paratrooper in Toulouse. He had been deployed several times in external operations. Already sent to Mali in 2016, it was returned in June.
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The chief of staff of the armed forces, army general François Lecointre, “bows with a profound sadness at the memory of this military death in operations”, specifies the general staff, reports of injuries but without giving details.
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operation Barkhane has around 5100 soldiers. In total, 43 French soldiers died in combat in the operations Serval (2013) and Barkhane (since 2014), according to the staff. A count which does not include the accidents.
