Five soldiers die at training explosion

MADRID (Agencies) Five men were killed yesterday at the Hoyo de Manzanares Academy where they were training in explosives. Three sargeants, one corporal and a soldier died when they were carrying out a training session in deactivating explosives, prior to their secondment to their units as UN troops in South Lebanon. Another three men were injured and were taken to the Gómez Ulloa Military Hospital in Madrid. Today there is medical concern about their prognosis.